The Immaculate Conception (El Greco, Toledo) the poet had viewed "The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception". Contemporary artists as well, such as Kysa Johnson, in her specific use of "The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception" as a basis for her works, have been influenced by the 16th-and-early-17th-century artist. The Immaculate Conception (El Greco, Toledo) "The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception" is a painting of the Immaculate Conception by El Greco. The work on the painting began in 1607 and was completed in 1613. It is owned by the church of San Nicolás de Bari in Toledo. It is displayed, however, in the Museo De Toledo. El
Art of El Greco El Greco had progressive astigmatism is still open to debate. Stuart Anstis, Professor at the University of California (Department of Psychology) concludes that "even if El Greco were astigmatic, he would have adapted to it, and his figures, whether drawn from memory or life, would have had normal proportions. His elongations were an artistic expression, not a visual symptom." According to Professor of Spanish John Armstrong Crow, "astigmatism could never give quality to a canvas, nor talent to a dunce". The English writer W. Somerset Maugham attributed El Greco's personal style a "latent homosexuality" which he claimed the artist might