El Greco’s famous landscape ‘View of Toledo’ celebrates his adopted city and the sky above it El Greco’s real name was Domenikos Theotokopoulos. He was born in Crete (“el Greco” is Spanish for “the ...

The master painter El Greco is now welcomed back in the Spanish city of Toledo- his vivid works returning from around the world to his adopted city The master painter El Greco is now welcomed back in ...

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For centuries, Spanish Renaissance painter El Greco was a non-entity. No one studied his startling, unconventional work hanging high in a gothic cathedral, obscure convents and Spanish museums. It ...

TOLEDO: The Spanish city of Toledo on Friday welcomed back the master painter El Greco, whose vivid works have returned from around the world to adorn his adoptive city 400 years after his death.

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