I’ve been staring at this for the past few days. I love El Greco. His work rides this amazing line between realism and abstraction, and completely fascinates me.
I look at this painting and I see the Hudson River School and Braque’s houses in perfect harmony. There’s this also amazing dimensional tension … the whole painting feels flattened, stretched, pushed, but also perfectly in perspective. It’s just beautiful.
It also occurs to me that Peter and Paul in my mind’s eye are El Greco’s Peter and Paul.
Can’t you feel the fabric in this one? Look at the texture and light on that robe.
And finally, the light in this is just… well, it’s incredible.
Get to know El Greco. You’ll be glad you did.