Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Cabane à Trouville, marée basse (The Hut in Trouville, Low Tide) 1881 Oil on canvas, 80 x 73.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©CCarmen Thyssen Collection This painting is not unusual in Monet‘s oeuvre: the high line of…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Maison entre les roses (The House among the Roses) 1925 Oil on canvas, 92.3 x 73.3 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Colección Carmen Thyssen This painting depicts the front of the artist’s house in Giverny seen from the…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Petit nu accroupi aux bras (Small Crouching Nude with Arms) 1908 Bronze, 13.6 x 9 x 10 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Succession H. Matisse / VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection Matisse began to create sculptures towards 1898, a…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Conversation sous les oliviers (Conversation under the Olive Trees) 1921 Oil on canvas, 100 x 82 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Succession H. Matisse / VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection Beneath their tranquil surface, Matisse‘s paintings often conceal a…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Les fleurs jaunes (The Yellow Flowers) 1902 Oil on canvas, 46 x 54.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Succession H. Matisse / VEGAP, Madrid Still-life paintings played a primordial role in Henri Matisse’s beginnings in art. During the first…
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…
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,…