Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Frances, Countess of Dartmouth 1756 Oil on canvas, 127 x 102 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The present portrait of Frances, Countess of Dartmouth was acquired for the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection in 1977 from the UK art market. As with…
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Encounter in Space 1899 Woodcut on paper, 18.5 x 25.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Munch Museum / Munch-Ellingsen Group / VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection The title Encounter in Space is that used by Gustav Schiefler in his…
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Evening 1888 Oil on canvas, 75 x 100.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Munch Museum / Munch-Ellingsen Group / VEGAP, Madrid From very early on in his career Edvard Munch aimed to convey the angst and isolation characteristic of…
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Bay with Boat and House 1881 Oil on cardboard, 37 x 51 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Munch Museum / Munch-Ellingsen Group / VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection A few weeks before his seventeenth birthday in November 1880, Edvard…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Testa di donna (Head of a Woman) 1915 Oil on paper, 43 x 26 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Modigliani was above all a portraitist. According to Werner Schmalenbach, his need to “take possession of those around him” stemmed…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Petit nu accroupi aux bras (Small Crouching Nude with Arms) 1908 Bronze, 13.6 x 9 x 10 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Succession H. Matisse / VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection Matisse began to create sculptures towards 1898, a…
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…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) The French Breakfast 1910 Oil on canvas, 73 x 50.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection With his personal finances greatly improving and with the proceeds from the sale of four paintings in May, Childe Hassam was…
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…
Guercino (1591-1666) Cristo e la donna di Samaria al pozzo (Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the Well) c.1640–1641 Oil on canvas, 116 x 156 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The meeting between Christ and the woman of Samaria at the…