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El Greco (1541–1614) was a Cretan-born painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. El Greco left his birthplace for Venice in 1567, never to return. El Greco's three years in Venice profoundly influenced his style. In 1577, he emigrated to Toledo, Spain, where he lived and worked until the end of his life.
El Greco's altarpieces are renowned for their dynamic compositions and startling innovations. Art historian Max Dvořák was the first scholar to connect El Greco's art with Mannerism and Antinaturalism. [34] Modern scholars characterize El Greco's theory as "typically Mannerist" and pinpoint its sources in the Neoplatonism of the Renaissance. [35]
Paintings by Doménicos Theotokópoulos (Greek: Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος), called El Greco ("the Greek", 1541 – April 7, 1614), a Greek-born painter who worked in Crete, Italy and Spain
Saint Peter and Saint Paul is a 1587-1592 painting by El Greco, one of several versions of the theme by the artist [1] - others are now in Barcelona and Stockholm. It shows the apostles saint Peter and saint Paul. The work was once shown on a stamp produced by the USSR. [2] Saint Peter and Saint Paul on a Soviet postage stamp, 1970
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Saint Peter and Saint Paul is a painting by the Cretan-Spanish artist El Greco. The work was completed between 1590 and 1600. The work was completed between 1590 and 1600. It is currently on display at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya , who purchased the work in 1932.
The painting is key to Gregorio Marañón's theory that the painter used mental patients at the Hospital del Nuncio as models. It originally formed part of a series of works produced by the artist for the parish church in Almadrones , Spain, a series which represented a set of variants on a set of paintings of the apostles for Toledo Cathedral .
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