Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) L’étang dans la forêt (The Pond in the Forest) c.1867–1868 Oil on canvas, 33.5 x 41.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Degas‘ reputation as a painter of the modern human form had completely eclipsed that of the landscapist, and…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Danseuse verte, Danseuse basculant (Dancer in Green, Swaying Dancer) 1877–1879 Pastel and gouache on paper, 64 x 36 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Degas was fascinated by the world of ballet; hence, it figured prominently in many of his…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le dégel à Vétheuil (The Thaw at Vétheuil) 1880 Oil on canvas, 60 x 100 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The Thaw at Vétheuil forms part of the series of canvases painted by Claude Monet at the time when…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Bergère nue couchée (Reclining Nude Shepherdess) 1891 Oil on canvas, 57.5 x 86.4 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Colección Carmen Thyssen In the spring and summer of 1890 -and again in 1891– Berthe Morisot, with her husband Eugène Manet…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Le Miroir Psyché (The Psyche mirror) 1876 Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Berthe Morisot was closely associated with French Impressionism and actively participated in all the group’s exhibitions. She maintained close and creative…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Les bois de Marly (The Woods at Marly) 1871 Oil on canvas, 45 x 55 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid In June 1871 Camille Pissarro and Claude Monet returned to France from England, where they had taken refuge during…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Femme avec parasol dans un jardin (Woman with a Parasol in a Garden) 1875 Oil on canvas, 54.5 x 65 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid In Woman with a Parasol in a Garden, Renoir’s language is wholly impressionistic: in…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’Amazone (The Horsewoman) c.1882 Oil on canvas, 73 x 52 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid First Manet then the Impressionists followed the road paved by Courbet in representing reality in painting and went even further by initiating new research…
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) c.1472–1476 Oil on panel, 27.5 x 21 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Antonello da Messina, who according to Vasari learned the technique of oil painting directly from Van Eyck during a trip…
Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Portrait of Henry VIII of England c.1537 Oil on panel, 28 x 20 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Portraiture was the most popular genre in sixteenth-century England, and indeed one of the few available to artists following the…