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  THE PAINTINGS THAT
HANG IN OUR GALLERY
ARE BY THE 16TH
CENTURY PAINTER EL
GRECO.

  BORN DOMENIKOS
THEOTOKOPOULOS IN
CANDIA THE CAPITAL
OF CRETE, EL GRECO
LIVED FROM 1541 TO
1614.

  AT THE AGE OF 36
HE SETTLED IN TOLEDO,
SPAIN WHERE HE SPENT
THE REST OF HIS LIFE
PAINTING CANVASES OF
RELIGIOUS SUBJECT
MATTER.
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  EL GRECO'S CANVASES
STAND ALONE AS A
TESTAMENT TO HIS
BRILLIANCE AS A
PAINTER, BUT THE
TRUE GENIUS OF EL
GRECO IS REVEALED IN
THE LARGE ALTERPIECES
SUCH AS "SAINT MARTIN
AND THE BEGGAR", THAT
HE PAINTED FOR
VARIOUS CHAPELS IN
AND AROUND TOLEDO.
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  EL GRECO'S WORK,
LIKE SO MANY OTHER
GIFTED ARTISTS', WAS
NEGLECTED OVER THE
CENTURIES, BUT NOW IS
FINALLY RECEIVING THE
ATTENTION AND
CRITICAL STUDY IT
DESERVES.

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  OUR FIRST PAINTING,
"SAINT MARTIN AND THE
BEGGAR" (1598), WAS
COMMISSIONED FOR A
PRIVATE FAMILY CHAPEL
ALTARPIECE.  SAINT
MARTIN WAS THE PATRON
SAINT OF THE CHAPEL'S
FOUNDER, MARTIN
RAMIREZ.  THE THEME
OF THIS PAINTING
BEING THE CHARITY OF
A RICH MAN WHO SHARES
WITH THE POOR.
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  OUR NEXT PAINTING,
"LAOCOON" (1612), IS
THE ONLY MYTHOLOGICAL
SUBJECT EL GRECO IS
KNOWN TO HAVE
PAINTED.  THE LEGEND
OF LAOCOON, A PRIEST
OF APOLLO AT TROY,
IS ABOUT THE GREEKS,
THE TROJANS, AND THE
WOODEN HORSE.
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  OUR THIRD PAINTING
IS A PORTRAIT OF AN-
TONIO DE COVARRUBIAS
(1600). HE SERVED AS
THE ARCHITECT TO EM-
PEROR CHARLES V, AND
WAS ONE OF THE
GUIDING FORCES OF
THE RENAISSANCE OF
SPAIN.
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  THE LAST PAINTING
IN OUR GALLERY THIS
MONTH IS ALSO A
PORTRAIT.  "FRAY
HORTENSIO FELIX
PARAVICINO" (1609)
IS ONE OF THE
GREATEST WORKS OF
EL GRECO'S CAREER
AND ONE OF THE GREAT
PORTRAITS IN THE
HISTORY OF ART. THIS
PRIEST WAS ONE OF THE
MOST FAMOUS ORATORS
OF HIS TIME AND WAS
APPOINTED PREACHER TO
KING PHILIP III.
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  THIS CONCLUDES
OUR TOUR OF THE
GALLERY.

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