Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Veduta del Canale della Giudecca e delle Zattere (View of the Giudecca Canal and the Zattere) c.1757–1758 Oil on canvas, 71.3 x 119 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection This canvas is a good example of a…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Potato Eaters 1885 Lithograph on paper, 26.5 x 32.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The series on the Potato Eaters, executed in Nuenen in spring 1885, is one of the most significant of Vincent van Gogh’s first…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Watermill at Gennep 1884 Oil on canvas, 85 x 151 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection During his time in Nuenen between 1883 and 1885 Van Gogh focused on a study of rural life in the Brabant…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Stevedores in Arles 1888 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid When Vincent van Gogh arrived in Arles in February 1888 seeking the luminous atmosphere of the French Midi, he eschewed pointillist and…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Rue à Rouen (Street in Rouen) 1884 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Street in Rouen is one of the most ambitious — and largest —landscapes painted by Gauguin while living in this town…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) La rue Jouvenet à Rouen (Rue Jouvenet in Rouen) 1884 Oil on canvas, 55 x 48.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection This quiet street, similar to that of a village, represents the rue Jouvenet in Rouen,…
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Jesus among the Doctors 1506 Oil on panel, 64.3 x 80.3 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Dürer was the leading representative of German Renaissance art, and a key advocate of new ideas in Northern Europe. This panel was executed…
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…
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…
Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Le coq (The Cock) 1928 Oil on canvas, 81 x 65.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The first owner of The Cock now in the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza was the dealer Georges Bernheim, with whom Chagall signed a contract In 1927, marking…