Becoming El Greco

Doménikos Theotokópoulos - better known by his nickname “El Greco” - is undoubtedly one of the most innovative artists of the 16th century.

With his distorted perspectives, thickly applied paint, and bold colour schemes . . . he shares so much in common with modern masters like Paul Cezanne, Edvard Munch or Pablo Picasso. So it is almost absurd to remem…