View of Toledo – El Greco

Title: View of Toledo Date: ca. 1599–1600 Location: Spain Artist: El Greco (1836-1893) Type of art: oil on canvas Note: Doménikos Theotokópoulos (a.k.a. “El Greco” ) is seen as the precursor of Expressionism and Cubism. He inspired poets and writers, including Rainer Maria Rilke. This painting is considered his greatest surviving landscape. Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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