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Greek painter of the Spanish Renaissance (–)

This article is about the artist of the Spanish Renaissance.

El greco biography paintings

For other uses, see El Greco (disambiguation).

Doménikos Theotokópoulos (Greek: Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος, IPA:[ðoˈminikosθeotoˈkopulos]; 1&#;October &#;&#; 7&#;April ),^[2] most widely known as El Greco (Spanish pronunciation:[elˈgɾeko]; "The Greek"), was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance.

El Greco was a nickname,^[a] and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters often adding the word Κρής (Krḗs), which means "Cretan" in Ancient Greek.

El Greco was born in the Kingdom of Candia (modern Crete), which was at that time part of the Republic of Venice, Italy, and the center of Post-Byzantine art.

He trained and became a master within that tradition before traveling at age 26 to Venice, as other Greek artists had done.^[6] In , he moved to Ro