Apostle Saint Paul
1610-1614
El Greco brings his signature dramatic flair to this portrait of Saint Paul, stretching the apostle's form and bathing him in an eerie, spiritual light. Clutching a sword—the instrument of his martyrdom—and a book of his famous epistles, Paul looks upward with an intense, almost haunted expression. Painted near the end of the artist's life, this piece showcases the wild, expressive brushstrokes and clashing colors of blue and pink that made El Greco a pioneer of expressionism centuries before the term existed.
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