The United States and South America
This section presents El Greco as the model and reference point for American artists
of the 20th century, who saw him as a stimulating example due to the fact that he
trained in different artistic cultures. In Mexico he inspired the great mural painters
such as Diego Rivera and Orozco, the latter looking to El Greco for his Prometheus, as
did the Chilean Matta in Psychological Morphologies.
Pollock’s interpretation of El Greco, which was influenced by his teacher Benton, is
represented in this section with the copies that he made of illustrations in Maurice
Legendre’s book on the artist, of which a copy is included in the exhibition.