El Greco

Doménikos Theotokópoulos, known to his adopted Spain as El Greco, was born in Crete in the mid-sixteenth century and became one of the Western world's most important painters. He is certainly Toledo's most famous citizen. There are two separate museums devoted to his work, and numerous churches with altarpieces or in-situ paintings. His style is distinctive and strange. He was apparently quite well aware of the importance of his work in his own lifetime, and intentionally accentuated his unusual style, especially his weird use of light. El Greco's work is magnificent and unmistakable... once you have seen a couple of his paintings, you can pick his work out at fifty yards.

*-Picture stolen from the internet... turns out they don't let you take photographs of famous art work in museums.