Posthumous fame of El Greco

Portrait of An Old Man (so called self-portrait of El Greco, circa 1595–1600, oil on canvas, 52.7 x 46.7 cm, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, United States)

El Greco ( Castilian for "The Greek" ), 1541 – April 7, 1614) was a prominent painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance, whose dramatic and expressionistic style was met with puzzlement by his contemporaries but found appreciation in the 20th century.[1]

  1. ^ "Greco, El". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2002.