El Greco, meaning "The Greek", was born in Candia, now Crete, in 1541 and was named Domenikos Theotokopoulos. Details of his early life were not 100% accurate, but he probably studied painting in his native city.
About 1566, he went to Venice, where he stayed until 1570. Here, Tintoretto inspired him. He showed this by the use of his assimilation of Titianesque color and of Tintoretto's figural compositions and use of deep spatial recesses in the painting Christ Healing the Blind man. …
