Famous Spanish Renaissance Painters

This ranking is based on an algorithm that combines various factors, including the votes of our users and search trends on the internet.

El Greco

(Greek Painter, Sculptor and Architect of the Spanish Renaissance)

Birthdate: October 1, 1541

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Heraklion, Greece

Died: April 7, 1614

Artist Doménikos Theotokópoulos never let anyone forget his Greek heritage and almost always signed his art in Greek letters. Popularly known as El Greco, he was a significant figure of the Spanish Renaissance. His best-known works remain The Burial of the Count of Orgaz and The Assumption of the Virgin.

Pedro Berruguete

(Spanish Painter)

Birthdate: 1450 AD

Birthplace: Paredes de Nava, Spain

Died: 1504 AD

Credited as the first Renaissance painter in Spain, Pedro Berruguete brought back the style to Spain, when he returned home after a short stint in Italy. Initially working in various cities, he finally settled down in Avila, painting the main altarpiece in the convent of San Tomás, drawing heavily from Flemish, Spanish Gothic, and Italian Renaissance, without actually imitating any.

Juan Fernández Navarrete

(Painter)

Birthdate: 1526 AD

Birthplace: Logroño, Spain

Died: March 28, 1579

Spanish Mannerist painter Juan Fernández Navarrete, also referred to as de Navarrete, El Mudo (The Mute), and the Spanish Titian, is best known as the painter appointed by King Philip II of Spain to execute pictures for the El Escorial. Three of Navarrete’s notable works in El Escorial includes Nativity, Abraham Receiving the Three Angels, and a Baptism of Christ.

Recommended Lists:

Spain