where did el greco live
El Greco's adopted Spanish hometown, Toledo, has held several exhibitions of his work this year. His works have been transported from museums all over the world, coming together in Toledo en masse for the first time since the artist's death.
The painter had mixed fortunes in life, but his works are being celebrated this year in Crete and in Spain on the 400th anniversary of his death. El Greco was born Domenikos Theotokopoulos in Crete in 1541, and information about his early life is sketchy at best.