In 1577, Domenikus Theotokopoulos, a Cretan-born, Italian-trained painter, came, fell under Toledo`s spell and became renowned as brilliant, though controversial, El Greco.

For centuries, Spanish Renaissance painter El Greco was a non-entity. No one studied his startling, unconventional work hanging high in a gothic cathedral, obscure convents and Spanish museums.

El Greco’s famous landscape 'View of Toledo,' at the Met, celebrates his adopted city, and the sky above it.

El Greco’s divine painting of Saint Martin has the power, and the legs, to transcend the everyday The legs, both human and equine, are what animate this picture by the great El Greco. Lined up ...

The master painter El Greco is now welcomed back in the Spanish city of Toledo- his vivid works returning from around the world to his adopted city. Organisers billed it as "one of the most ...

Today Toledo is filled with tourists day-tripping from Madrid, a quick 30-minute train ride to the north. And because 2014 marks the 400th anniversary of El Greco's death, the town's sights have ...

On my last visit to Toledo, it seemed holier than ever: Dark El Greco clouds threatened overhead, stark against bright, clear horizons. Hail pelted the masses of people clogging the streets as they… ...

For centuries, Spanish Renaissance painter El Greco was a non-entity. No one studied his startling, unconventional work hanging high in a gothic cathedral, obscure convents and Spanish museums.

For centuries, Spanish Renaissance painter El Greco was a non-entity. No one studied his startling, unconventional work hanging high in a gothic cathedral, obscure convents and Spanish museums. El ...