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El Greco

1541 - 1614

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Doménikos Theotokópoulos (Greek: Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος, IPA: [ðoˈminikos θeotoˈkopulos]; 1 October 1541 – 7 April 1614), most widely known as El Greco (Spanish pronunciation: [el ˈɡɾeko]; "The Greek"), 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 (Krḗs), which means "Cretan" in Ancient Greek. El Greco was born in the Kingdom of Candia (modern Crete), which was at that time part of the Republic of Venice, Italy, and the center of Post-Byzantine art. He trained and became a master within that tradition before traveling at age 26 to Venice, as other Greek artists had done. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. El Greco is the 26th most popular painter (down from 18th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Greece (down from 13th in 2019) and the most popular Greek Painter.

El Greco is most famous for his use of color and the elongated figures in his paintings.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, El Greco ranks 26 out of 2,023. Before him are Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Giotto, Donatello, Titian, and Gustav Klimt. After him are Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian, Édouard Manet, Eugène Delacroix, Hieronymus Bosch, and Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1541, El Greco ranks 1. After him are Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ayşe Sultan, Pierre Charron, Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi, John Leonardi, Johann Bauhin, Philip II, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels, Hypatius Pociej, and Jakub Wujek. Among people deceased in 1614, El Greco ranks 1. After him are Elizabeth Báthory, Lavinia Fontana, Camillus de Lellis, Luís Vaz de Torres, Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Mavro Orbini, Marina Mniszech, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, Isaac Casaubon, and Man Singh I.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, El Greco ranks 15 out of 1,024. Before him are Sophocles (-497), Democritus (-460), Epicurus (-341), Solon (-638), Pericles (-494), and Aristophanes (-448). After him are Euripides (-480), Saint Stephen (1), Thucydides (-460), Aeschylus (-525), Bayezid II (1447), and Plutarch (46).

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  • Photo of Sophocles

    Sophocles

    WRITER

    497 BC - 406 BC

    HPI: 89.32

    Rank: 9

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    Democritus

    PHILOSOPHER

    460 BC - 360 BC

    HPI: 86.85

    Rank: 10

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    Epicurus

    PHILOSOPHER

    341 BC - 269 BC

    HPI: 86.65

    Rank: 11

  • Photo of Solon

    Solon

    POLITICIAN

    638 BC - 558 BC

    HPI: 86.59

    Rank: 12

  • Photo of Pericles

    Pericles

    POLITICIAN

    494 BC - 429 BC

    HPI: 86.36

    Rank: 13

  • Photo of Aristophanes

    Aristophanes

    WRITER

    448 BC - 386 BC

    HPI: 84.47

    Rank: 14

  • Photo of El Greco

    El Greco

    PAINTER

    1541 - 1614

    HPI: 84.26

    Rank: 15

  • Photo of Euripides

    Euripides

    WRITER

    480 BC - 406 BC

    HPI: 84.12

    Rank: 16

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    Saint Stephen

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    1 - 36

    HPI: 84.00

    Rank: 17

  • Photo of Thucydides

    Thucydides

    HISTORIAN

    460 BC - 397 BC

    HPI: 83.71

    Rank: 18

  • Photo of Aeschylus

    Aeschylus

    WRITER

    525 BC - 456 BC

    HPI: 83.66

    Rank: 19

  • Photo of Bayezid II

    Bayezid II

    POLITICIAN

    1447 - 1512

    HPI: 83.64

    Rank: 20

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    Plutarch

    PHILOSOPHER

    46 - 127

    HPI: 83.51

    Rank: 21

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Among PAINTERS In Greece

Among painters born in Greece, El Greco ranks 1. After him are Giorgio de Chirico (1888), Nikolaos Gyzis (1842), Jannis Kounellis (1936), Agatharchus (-500), Achilles Painter (-470), Timarete (-420), Apollodorus (-500), Douris (-600), Euphranor (-301), Pamphilus (-390), and Yannis Tsarouchis (1910).

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