El Greco
Domenikos Theotocopoulos, 1541–1614, Spanish painter, born in Crete.
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How to use El Greco in a sentence
And, in carefully tailored suits and plastic-framed glasses, he certainly looks more Gordon Gekko than El Greco.
In fact, at the feast that evening, I found myself sitting next to El Greco.
A Feast of Demons | William MorrisonEl Greco died in 1625, after an uninterrupted residence of nearly forty years in Spain.
The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] | George BorrowIt was a newly discovered work of El Greco, an amazingly fine example of the Master's later style.
The Revolt of the Angels | Anatole FranceGaétan replied, glibly enough, that he did not regard El Greco as the eccentric, the madman that people used to take him for.
The Revolt of the Angels | Anatole France
In the Museo is a portrait by El Greco, supposed erroneously to be the painter himself.
Old Continental Towns | Walter M. Gallichan
British Dictionary definitions for El Greco
/ (ɛl ˈɡrɛkəʊ) /
real name Domenikos Theotocopoulos. 1541–1614, Spanish painter, born in Crete; noted for his elongated human forms and dramatic use of colour
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