Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of Sarah Buxton c.1776–1777 Oil on canvas, 110 x 87 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Together with Joshua Reynolds Thomas Gainsborough was one of the great 18th-century British portraitists. A certain rivalry existed between the two painters, which…
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…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Le Pont de Waterloo (Waterloo Bridge) 1906 Oil on canvas, 80.5 x 101 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©André Derain, VEGAP, Madrid Waterloo Bridge is one of the series of canvases Derain painted in London for the art dealer…
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…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Cavalier arabe (Arab Rider) c.1854 Oil on panel, 35 x 26.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The taste for Oriental and exotic themes had spread across France during the 18th century and became more pronounced with the advent of…
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…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Nymph at the Fountain c.1530–1534 Oil on panel, 75 x 120 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Together with Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach was among the most important 16th-century German painters. His oeuvre includes religious compositions as…