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Francisco Benjamín López Toledo (17 July 1940 – 5 September 2019) was a Mexican painter, [2] sculptor, and graphic artist.In a career that spanned seven decades, Toledo produced thousands of works of art and became widely regarded as one of Mexico's most important contemporary artists.
Lacking the favor of the king, El Greco was obliged to remain in Toledo, where he had been received in 1577 as a great painter. [51] According to Hortensio Félix Paravicino , a 17th-century Spanish preacher and poet, "Crete gave him life and the painter's craft, Toledo a better homeland, where through Death he began to achieve eternal life."
The Assumption of the Virgin is an oil on canvas painting by Greek artist Doménikos Theotokópoulos, known as El Greco, in 1577–1579. The painting was a central element of the altarpiece of the church of Santo Domingo el Antiguo in Toledo, Spain. [1] It was the first of nine paintings that El Greco was commissioned to paint for this church. [2]
Architects from Toledo, Ohio (11 P) Pages in category "Artists from Toledo, Ohio" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
The city of Toledo is at the very top of the hill in View of Toledo. Art historian, Walter Liedtke, speculates that El Greco wanted to emphasize the greatness of Toledo. Due to Toledo sitting at the top, it symbolized the city's position being near heaven, yet still at the top of hill making it of earthly possession.
William Holman Hunt (1827–1910), English painter and a founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood; John Kelso Hunter (1802–1873), Scottish painter and author; Beatrice Huntington (1889–1988), Scottish painter, sculptor and musician; M. F. Husain (1915–2011), Indian painter
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View and Plan of Toledo (Spanish: Vista y plano de Toledo, ca. 1608) is a landscape painting by El Greco. The image is notable for its juxtaposition of the view of Toledo with the trompe l'oeil map of the city's streets.