Greco

From 16 October 2019 To 10 February 2020
Grand Palais, Galerie sud-est
Description

This retrospective is the first major exhibition in France ever to be dedicated to this artist.

Born in Crete in 1541, Domenico Theotokopoulos, known as El Greco, undertook his initial apprenticeship in the Byzantine tradition before refining his training in Venice and then Rome. However, it was in Spain that his art flourished, firmly taking root from the 1577s. Attracted by the incredible promise of the El Escorial site, the artist brought Titian’s colour, Tintoretto’s audacity and Michelangelo’s heroic style. This eloquent combination, original yet consistent with his own way, gave El Greco (who died four years after Caravaggio) a unique place in the history of painting, as the last grand master of the Renaissance and the first great painter of the Golden Age.

Rediscovered in the late 19th century, celebrated by authors, acknowledged and embraced by the 20th century avant-garde, the artist has enjoyed the dual prestige of tradition and modernity, linking Titian to the Fauvists and Mannerism to Cubism, Expressionism, Vorticism and Abstraction up to the Action painting.

 

Exhibition co-organised by the Réunion des musées nationaux – Grand Palais, the Musée du Louvre and the Art Institute of Chicago,

This exhibition is organized with the support of Aurel BGC, Sanef and the Fondation Stavros Niarchos.

Schedule

Thursday, Sunday and Monday from 10 am to 8 pm.

Wednesday, Friday, Saturday from 10 am to 10 pm.

Closed on Tuesdays Closed on 25 december 2019

 

 

Prices

13 €, concessions
9 € (16- 25 years old, jobseekers and large families)
free for children under 16 and beneficiaries of social minima.

 

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