Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Canal du Midi 1898 Oil on cardboard mounted on plywood, 24 x 36 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Succession H. Matisse / VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection Canal du Midi belongs to a series of pictures painted by Matisse…
Magritte, René (1898-1967) La Clef des champs (The Key to the Fields) 1936 Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid “People who look for symbolic meanings [in my work] fail to grasp the inherent poetry and mystery of…
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Le pont (The Bridge) 1923 Oil on canvas, 92 x 60 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection Fernand Léger’s origins lie in Cubism. After World War I he became extremely interested in themes of modern…
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Le remorqueur (The Tugboat) 1922 Gouache on paper, 23.8 x 31.4 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The experience of warfare brought Léger face to face with a mechanised society and a world transformed by technology. On returning he abandoned…
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Le disque (The Disc) 1918 Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid As with many other artists of his generation, being conscripted during the First World War not only had a profound effect on Fernand…
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) L’escalier, deuxième état (The Staircase, Second State) 1914 Oil on canvas, 88 x 124.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid On 5 May 1913 Fernand Léger, one of the participants in “Salle 41” at the Salon des Indépendants of 1911,…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Plaza de la Merced, Ronda 1910 Oil on panel, 64.6 x 52 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection After travelling through northern Europe in the summer of 1910, Childe Hassam and his wife journeyed to Spain, where…
Ronda in Art: Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Plaza de la Merced, Ronda 1910 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid See also: • Cities | España
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) The French Breakfast 1910 Oil on canvas, 73 x 50.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection With his personal finances greatly improving and with the proceeds from the sale of four paintings in May, Childe Hassam was…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) September Clouds c.1891 Pastel on canvas, 50.8 x 61 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection After three years study in Europe, Childe Hassam returned to the United States in the fall of 1889. The following spring he…