 El Greco's dramatic and expressionistic style was met with puzzlement by his contemporaries but found appreciation by the 20th century.El Greco is regarded as a precursor of both Expressionism and Cubism, while his personality and works were a source of inspiration for poets and writers such as Rainer Maria Rilke and Nikos Kazantzakis.El Greco has been characterized by modern scholars as an artist so individual that he belongs to no conventional school.