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    El Greco was a Greek painter, sculptor, and architect born in 1541 in Heraklion, Greece who lived and worked mainly in Toledo, Spain, where he died in 1614. Some of his most well-known works include The Disrobing of Christ, The Burial of the Count of Orgaz, and Christ Healing the Blind. What made El Greco's art great was his innovative work The Fifth Seal, which had a strong influence on Picasso and is considered one of the first cubist paintings.

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    El Greco was a Greek painter, sculptor, and architect born in 1541 in Heraklion, Greece who lived and worked mainly in Toledo, Spain, where he died in 1614. Some of his most well-known works include The Disrobing of Christ, The Burial of the Count of Orgaz, and Christ Healing the Blind. What made El Greco's art great was his innovative work The Fifth Seal, which had a strong influence on Picasso and is considered one of the first cubist paintings.

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    El Greco was a Greek painter, sculptor, and architect born in 1541 in Heraklion, Greece who lived and worked mainly in Toledo, Spain, where he died in 1614. Some of his most well-known works include The Disrobing of Christ, The Burial of the Count of Orgaz, and Christ Healing the Blind. What made El Greco's art great was his innovative work The Fifth Seal, which had a strong influence on Picasso and is considered one of the first cubist paintings.

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    Artist: El Greco

    (Domenikos
    Theotakopoulos)
    Born: 1541 in Heraklion, Greece
    Died: 1614 in Toledo, Spain

    What type of artist:

    El Greco was a painter, sculptor, and an

    architecture.

    What stands out as the most important facts about


    the artist?
    1) El Greco was a pupil of the Titan.
    2) He had a love named Dona Jeronima that he never married.
    3) Most of El Grecos work has been done in Vicinity and Toledo.

    What are some of this artists most well-known


    works?
    1) Disrobing of Christ
    2) Burial of the Count of Orgaz
    3) Christ Healing the Blind

    What makes this persons art great?


    What really made El Grecos art work great was the Fifth Seal that was an
    influence on Picassos Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, and was often considered
    the first cubist painting.

    Why did you choose this artist?


    I choose El Greco because his paintings are the ones I mostly see at
    Renaissance festivals when I go. El Grecos work usually shows different
    emotions within on piece of art.

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