El Greco El Greco was born 1541 and died 1614 in Toledo at age 73. He was named at birth Domeniko's TheotoKopoulos. He was Born in Candia, the capital of the island of Crete, off the coast of Greece. Nothing is certain is known of the first twenty five years of El Greco's life, except that he lived on Crete and became a painter. It is thought from later events in his life that El Greco recieved a …showed first 75 words of 527 total…

…showed last 75 words of 527 total…painted modern art, to the spaniards he was a cultural hero and painted their own national religions spirit. He will always be known as an old master who spoke in modern work. His works distorted the tones of painting, the human body, and landscape to make all see what point he was making about a person or a scene he was painting. El Greco is one of the greatest portraitists in the history of painting.