El Greco Exhibition. Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 22.10.2022–19.02.2023

Abstract

El Greco was a genius! Being a great artist is not synonymous with being a genius. I’ve also heard it said about Pollock, for example, that he was a genius, but art is less subjective than one might think when it comes to an evaluation. Pollock is a very good artist, but he is not a genius. Art history is rarely wrong when it places an artist or another in its rightful place. Of course, if it is aware of his/her existence, but that’s a different topic... Why did I start with a reference to Pollock even though I want to talk to you about El Greco? No, not because of the 60 drawings signed by Pollock after compositions of Domenicos Theotokopoulos, but because both of them brought something new to painting, something unseen and thought of until they got their hands on colors. Because both of them sparked controversy and each had admirers and a wary public at the same time.