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El Greco born Doménikos Theotokópoulos, (1541 – 7 April 1614) was a painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" (The Greek) was a nickname, a reference to his ethnic Greek origin, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος (Doménikos Theotokópoulos), often adding the word Κρής (Krēs, "Cretan").
El Greco was born on Crete, which was at that time part of the Republic of Venice, and the centre of Post-Byzantine art. He trained and became a master within that tradition before travelling at age 26 to Venice, as other Greek artists had done. In 1570 he moved to Rome, where he opened a workshop and executed a series of works. During his stay in Italy, El Greco enriched his style with elements of Mannerism and of the Venetian Renaissance. In 1577, he moved to Toledo, Spain, where he lived and worked until his death. In Toledo, El Greco received several major commissions and produced his best-known paintings.
Jim Greco (born December 25, 1977, New Haven, CT.) is a professional skateboarder. He currently resides in downtown Los Angeles.
Greco has appeared in videos such as Zero's "Misled Youth", "Baker Bootleg, "Baker 2G", "Baker 3" and "Baker Has A Deathwish".
In 2005, Greco started a new footwear company called Supra, along with Erik Ellington, Tom Penny, Antwuan Dixon, Chad Muska, and KR3W owner Angel Cabada. He has a pro model shoe called the "Thunder" for Supra footwear.
Greco co-founded a new eyewear company called Brigada with Erik Ellington, Andrew Reynolds, and Terry Kennedy in 2007. The company was started without the help of any distributor, and was financed with their own savings.
Greco co-owns Baker Skateboards along with Andrew Reynolds who is the majority owner.
Greco left Baker Skateboards in 2008 along with Erik Ellington and Antwuan Dixon to start Deathwish Skateboards, the sister company to Baker Skateboards.
In 2008, he co-founded Bakerboys Distribution along with Andrew reynolds and Erik Ellington. Bakerboys Distribution distributes Deathwish Skateboards, Shake Junt, and Brigada eyewear.