Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet, painted in June 1890 at Auvers-sur-Oise, during the last months of van Gogh's life before his suicide. He made two versions of the painting, which differ in color. Both are oil-on-canvas and measure 67 by 56 cm (26" by 22") in size. This painting is in the Mus??e d'Orsay, Paris. The other was sold to a private collector in 1990 for $82.5 million; its current location of the painting is not known
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Painting ID:: 75745
El Greco Oil on canvas; 107.0 x 90.0 cm
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Considered a representative of late Renaissance Spanish art, El Greco was actually born in Greece, on the island of Crete. After studying in Venice under Titian, El Greco settled in Toledo, Spain in 1577. At the time he was wildly popular, his emotionally religious paintings being just the ticket for the hometown of the Spanish Inquisition. After his death his work was largely ignored until the beginning of the 20th century; now he considered one of the inspired geniuses of Western art. His distinctive style features bold shapes and colors, with elongated and slightly distorted figures.
In Toledo El Greco was in constant demand and liked living large: he maintained a private orchestra to accompany his meals.
