Tag: Art

Le duc d’Orléans montrant sa maîtresse (1825-1826)

Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Le duc d’Orléans montrant sa maîtresse (The Duke of Orleans showing his Lover) c.1825–1826 Oil on canvas, 35 x 25.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This signed canvas by Delacroix depicting a literary subject has been dated to around…

Lever de lune sur les bords de l’Oise (1874)

Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Lever de lune sur les bords de l’Oise (Moonrise on the Banks of the River Oise) 1874 Oil on panel, 38.5 x 67.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection The river Oise was one of Daubigny‘s favourite…

Corrida de toros (1934)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Corrida de toros (Bullfight) 1934 Oil on canvas, 54 x 73 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Sucesión Pablo Picasso, VEGAP, Madrid The close relationship between the world of bullfighting and Picasso’s oeuvre is unquestionable. From his childhood days in…

Gradiva descubre las ruinas antropomorfas (1932)

Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Gradiva descubre las ruinas antropomorfas, Fantasía retrospectiva (Gradiva discovers the Anthropomorphic Ruins, Retrospective Fantasy) 1932 Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Salvador Dalí, Fundación Gala-Salvador Dalí / VEGAP, Madrid When Salvador Dalí settled in…

Gala Dalí

(1894–1982) Елéна Ивáновна Дья́конова Elena Ivánovna Diákonova Marquesa de Dalí de Púbol Gala in Art: Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Gala Éluard 1924 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Gradiva descubre las ruinas antropomorfas 1932 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid    …

Pierrot con guitarra (c.1923)

Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Pierrot con guitarra (Pierrot with a Guitar) c.1923 Oil and collage on cardboard, 54.5 x 52.3 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Salvador Dalí, Fundación Gala-Salvador Dalí / VEGAP, Madrid The Thyssen-Bornemisza Pierrot with a Guitar, a collage the artist…

Virgin and Child with a Bunch of Grapes (c.1509-1510)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Virgin and Child with a Bunch of Grapes c.1509–1510 Oil on panel, 71.5 x 44.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Together with Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach the Elder was one of the leading figures in the 16th-century…

Saint Anne with donor (c.1514)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Saint Anne with donor (Interior right wing) c.1514 Oil on panel, 85 x 30.6 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, on loan at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) Lucas Cranach the Elder was one of the…

Saint Elizabeth with donor (c.1514)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Saint Elizabeth with donor (Interior left wing) c.1514 Oil on panel, 85 x 31 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, on loan at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) Lucas Cranach the Elder was one of the most…