El Greco

Born

October 1, 1541

Died

April 7, 1614 (aged 72)

Known as

painter, sculptor, architect, architectural drafter, printmaker

Doménikos Theotokópoulos, most widely known as El Greco, was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance, regarded as one of the greatest artists of all time. El Greco was a nickname, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters often adding the word Κρής, which means "Cretan" in Ancient Greek.

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