What would be a good claim to fame quote for El Greco?

Question

I need a really good one that my teacher will be happy with. I don't want any lame quote like "A great renaissance artist" Also for Extra credit I have to speak with his accent, I see that he lived in a lot of different places and I'm confused on what accent he would have??

Answer 1

El Greco was a "Spanish" Mannerist painter, whose work, with that of Francisco de Goya and Diego Velázquez, represents the acme of Spanish art.

El Greco (meaning “The Greek”) was born in Iráklion, Crete (then a possession of the Republic of Venice), in 1541 and was named Domenikos Theotokopoulos. Details of his early life and training are sketchy, but he probably first studied painting in his native city. Although no works from his first years survive, they were probably painted in the late Byzantine style popular in Crete at the time. Reminiscences of this style are seen in his later work. He was an erudite man, whose taste for classical and contemporaneous literature seems to have developed in his youth.

Since he was of Greek descent, was born in Crete and signed his paintings in Greek, I would assume he spoke with a Greek accent.