El Greco

El Greco ( the Greek ) was christianed Domenikos Theotokopoulos said to have been born in the village of Fodele in 1541.

He was a talented artist, he was a student of Michael Damaskinos one of Crete’s foremost artists.

Venice was the next stop for the Unger artist; he went to study and learns how to paint icons. He combined the Byzantine style with the renaissance style that was at the time popular in Italy. El Greco lived in Italy for about 10 years.

After this time he moved to Toledo in Spain, here he experienced success and fame as an artist and also as a sculptor and architect. Here he lived until his death in 1614.

In the Historic Museum in Heraklion you will find the only painting of his in Crete, though several hang in the National Gallery in Athens

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