El Greco, pintor de lo invisible

El Greco, pintor de lo invisible places El Greco in his historical context as the creator of a new artistic language. Building on his experience as an icon painter, his great achievement was to translate religious mysteries into images that spoke to the people of the 16th and 17th centuries, portraying mystical visions in a way that was recognised even then as innovative. The documentary explains the keys of El Greco’s work and how he developed such a personal style, which was to have an enormous influence on modern painting from 1860 onwards.

The documentary will be introduced by researcher Irini Picolou.

Irini Picolou is an independent scholar whose research interests centre on postcolonial and gendered perspectives on Iberian painting before 1700. Her doctoral research focused on the representation of the body and corporeality in the paintings of Bartolomé Bermejo. She currently serves as the Membership Secretary of ARTES Iberian & Latin American Visual Culture Group, where she manages collaborations with institutions such as the National Gallery, and Instituto Cervantes Manchester. Irini has also taught modules at Durham and Newcastle in Art History and Hispanic Studies.