2nd and 6th Primary school of Artemis/Greece

1. Name: Dominikos Theotokopoulos
Date of birth: October 1st
1541
Date of death: April 7th
1614
Place of birth: Heraklion, Crete
A few words about his life:
Dominikos Theotokopoulos also known as El Greco was
a Cretan painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish
Renaisance. He lived the biggest part of his life away
from home, creating, thus, the biggest part of his work
in Italy and Spain. He was originally trained as an agiographer in Crete and he later travelled
to the Venice. In 1577, he stayed in Toledo where he lived until his death where he also
completed some of his works.
A few words about his work:
Work of the painter El Greco, before the Venice, is ”The Bow of the Magicians” of the
Benakis Museum in Athens. Other of his works are” The Second Coming ” The Bow of the
shepherds”, “ The Cure of the Blind”, “The so-called Stephen” in Vienna, “ The Abduction of
Persephone” in the Art Museum of Rome. During his Spanish Period the best works of El
Greco are: “The Death of Virgin Mary”, “The Holy Trinity”
“John the Prophet” etc.