Domenikos theotokopoulos el greco biography in spanish

The artist, sculptor and architect El Greco (The Greek) was born Doménikos Theotokópoulos in Crete in 1541.

He grew up in a prosperous family, his father being Georgios Theotokópoulos, a merchant and tax collector.

Initially he trained as an icon painter in the Eastern orthodox tradition and a small number of paintings have been attributed to him during this Cretan period including Dormition of the Virgin, which is in the post-Byzantine style.

At that time Crete was a Venetian territory and by 1567 El Greco had moved to Venice to study Western style painting.

He was enormously influenced there by Titian, who was already established as a great artist of the day. From him, he learnt his recognisable Mannerist style, which was characterised by a free drawing style filled with intense colours, and a foreshortened perspective.

In 1570, El Greco was commissioned to produce