Compassion. Claustrophobia. Originality. Why El Greco inspired so many great modern artists | Curio

Compassion. Claustrophobia. Originality. Why El Greco inspired so many great modern artists

12 mins | Apr 1, 2020

Great artists: A Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic on the greek painter's legacy. Doménikos Theotokópoulos, or just "El Greco" (the Greek), was a leading light of Spanish Renaissance. Writing in The Washington Post, the author of "The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals and Breakthroughs in Modern Art" Sebastian Smee, explores how he influenced modern art.

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