Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Geese in an Orchard c.1911 Oil on canvas, 90 x 68 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Munch Museum / Munch-Ellingsen Group / VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection In 1911, after a short stay in Germany and after opening an…
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Evening 1888 Oil on canvas, 75 x 100.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Munch Museum / Munch-Ellingsen Group / VEGAP, Madrid From very early on in his career Edvard Munch aimed to convey the angst and isolation characteristic of…
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Bay with Boat and House 1881 Oil on cardboard, 37 x 51 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Munch Museum / Munch-Ellingsen Group / VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection A few weeks before his seventeenth birthday in November 1880, Edvard…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Les Vessenots in Auvers 1890 Oil on canvas, 55 x 65 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This landscape of ‘Les Vessenots,’ on the outskirts of Auvers, shows a group of old country cottages placed just below a raised…
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…
Derain, André (1880-1954) L’église de Chatou (The Church of Chatou) 1909 Oil on panel, 33 x 35 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©André Derain, VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection In the first years of the 20th century, André Derain and his friend…