To paint as I see, not as others wish me to see.
La luz guía a la verdad.
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El Greco
Born in Crete in 1541, El Greco developed an intensely personal Mannerist style of elongated figures and ecstatic color in Toledo, Spain. The Burial of the Count of Orgaz fuses earthly and celestial realms.
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