Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Evening Landscape 1885 Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard, 35 x 43 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid In April 1885, while concentrating on the series devoted to the Potato Eaters, a tribute to the country folk of Brabant,…
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…
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…
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…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Paysage aux environs de Chatou (Landscape around Chatou) 1904–1905 Oil on canvas, 54.2 x 65.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©André Derain, VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection When in September 1904 Derain was discharged from his military service, he…
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) Sueño causado por el vuelo de una abeja alrededor de una granada un segundo antes del despertar (Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate a Second before Waking) 1944 Oil on panel, 51…
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…
Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) La maison grise (The Grey House) 1917 Oil on canvas, 68 x 74 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The Grey House is one of a series of canvases painted by Chagall in his native city, Vitebsk, during the First…