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La Maison entre les roses (1925)

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…

Conversation sous les oliviers (1921)

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…

Canal du Midi (1898)

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…

La Clef des champs (1936)

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…

Le remorqueur (1922)

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…

Le disque (1918)

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…

Plaza de la Merced, Ronda (1910)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Plaza de la Merced, Ronda 1910 Oil on panel, 64.6 x 52 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection After travelling through northern Europe in the summer of 1910, Childe Hassam and his wife journeyed to Spain, where…

September Clouds (c.1891)

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…

Fifth Avenue at Washington Square, New York (1891)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Fifth Avenue at Washington Square, New York 1891 Oil on canvas, 56 x 40.6 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection Following his return from Paris in 1889, Hassam lived at 95 Fifth Avenue, a few steps from…

Botella y frutero (1919)

Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Botella y frutero (Bottle and Fruit-Dish) 1919 Oil on canvas, 74 x 54 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid In April 1916 Juan Gris signed a contract with Léonce Rosenberg granting him ownership of his entire artistic output, both existing…