El Greco : the Expressionism of His Final Years

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1969. First English language edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good +. Elephant folio (16" x 13-1/2"). 169, (3)pp. Plus 50 unnumbered leaves of plates. English text translated from the Italian. Color dust jacket, spine lettered in pale yellow, over blue cloth lettered in white. Illustrated with color plates (many folding). Dust jacket with minor chips at extremities of bottom edge, otherwise near fine.

El Greco, the Greek, earned this name after he had left his native Crete to study in Italy, and later to settle in Spain. For forty years he lived almost continuously in Toledo, where he produced some of his greatest paintings. This volume focuses on the paintings of El Greco executed in Toledo during the last twenty years of his life. (OCLC)

Contents: El Greco, the expressionism of his final years / by Enrique Lafuente Ferrari -- Notes to the text -- What we know about the life of El Greco. His birth and youth in Crete ; The move to Italy ; His life and death in Toledo -- The magic of the environment. The city El Greco found ; Toledo between two centuries ; Religious life in Toledo ; Literary activity in Toledo ; The world of art -- The paintings done in Toledo. The Italian heritage ; The culmination of a new style ; The expressionist climax -- Annals of Toledo in the time of El Greco -- Notes to the Appendix -- Selective catalogue of El Greco's work in Spain -- Selective bibliography -- List of illustrations -- List of plates -- Topographical index of the plates.