Tintoretto

Jacopo Robusti was nicknamed Tintoretto, "little dyer", after his father's trade. He is said to have lasted only days in Titian's studio and was largely self-taught, aiming, according to an early biographer, for the drawing of Michelangelo and the colour of Titian. His speed and daring earned him the name il Furioso: steep perspectives, flickering light and muscular figures in violent motion. He spent more than two decades decorating the Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice.