El Greco images and biography Join the ARTCHIVE PATRON PROGRAM. For your donation, receive benefits including a CD-ROM of this entire site. Search ARTCHIVE.COM and WWAR.COM (1541-1614) VIEW IMAGE LIST EL GRECO: PASSIONATE VISIONARY The greatest Mannerist of them all is the Spanish painter El Greco (Domenicos Theotokopoulos, 1541-1614, called El Greco because he was born in Crete). His artistic ...