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) 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) 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) 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,…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) La Bascule (The See-Saw) c.1750–1752 Oil on canvas, 120 x 94.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This canvas forms the pair to a painting in the Toledo Museum of Art entitled Blind Man’s Buff (Le Colin-Maillard). Both were in…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Portrait d’une jeune dame (Portrait of a Young Lady) c.1770–1772 Oil on canvas, 63 x 53 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection It has always been felt that the age of Louis XV finds its most characteristic…
Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Portrait of a Man 1640 Oil on panel, 67.1 x 55.1 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Son of a cloth merchant, Govert Flinck began his training in the studio of the painter and preacher Lambert Jacobsz. in Leeuwarden, where…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) The Annunciation Diptych c.1433–1435 Oil on panel, left wing: 38.8 x 23.2 cm; right wing: 39 x 24 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This diptych is an outstanding example of grisaille painting. Here, van Eyck deliberately rejects the…
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…
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…