El Greco

One of the most famous artists during the Renaissance was El Greco. He was born in 1541 in the city of Crete. El Greco’s real name is Domenikos Theotokopoulos. His fathers name was Georgios Theotokopoulos. However, his mother was unknown, but we do know that she was Greek. This famous artist learned his skills and talents from Titan in Venice. Since he was little he was interested and enthusiastic in training as an icon painter. El Greco also dreamed about studying in a Cretan school, but other than that there is not much known about his childhood. During El Greco’s lifetime, he never received not one award for his art or talents. In addition, he was not only an artist but a painter, sculptor, and architect. Henceforth, he is a Renaissance man. We, however, do not know about any possible rivals or partners, so we assume that he worked alone. One thing about his personality was that he was very dominant and he didn’t let anything get in the way of reaching his goal. We are not quite sure if he ever got married, but many people say that he did not get married. On the other hand, we know that he had a partner named Jeronima de las Cuevas with whom he had a son, who they named Jorge Manuel. El Greco made many contributions that are today’s greatest pieces of art. The Disrobing of Christ is not only a painting, but also one of the many contributions that El Greco has given to us and it is now currently located in the High Altar in the Cathedral of Toledo. Another contribution that he has given to society is a painting called the View of Toledo and it can be seen in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Sadly El Greco was never known about or famous until several years after his death. He died in the city of Toledo in Spain. The cause of his death was a terrible illness, but we do not know what was caused the illness that killed him. We do believe that his corpse lies in his tomb at the Church of Santo Domingo el Antiguo where you are able to visit. To me,