I was looking at old posts in my blog and to my amazement saw a post about two museums in Madrid. Actually as the other more famous already with a post these two should have a post of their own. I like to write a bit more on the Thyssen Bornemisza museum of Madrid golden triangle. Let’s start with the Thyssen Bornemisza museum of Madrid !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.
The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum is a museum of ancient, modern and contemporary art. Its origin lies in the Spanish government’s acquisition in July 1993 of most of the collection of art collected in Lugano (Switzerland) by the Thyssen-Bornemisza family, in addition to the Pinacothèque and existing national collections. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum is located in the Villahermosa Palace, on the corner of the Paseo del Prado and the Carrera de San Jerónimo. The palace was built between the late 18C and early 19C in a neoclassical style.
The Thyssen family was one of the most important collections of art gathered in the 20C, dedicated to the European art of 1290 to Pop art. It is mainly a matter of paintings, but also of marble sculptures commissioned by August Thyssen to Auguste Rodin. It was especially his son Heinrich who, taking advantage of the bankruptcies caused by the 1929 crisis, greatly enlarged the collection by acquiring rare paintings from the 14C and 15C, as well as primitive Flemish and Renaissance German art. Thereafter, he also collecteded most of the great names of Western art from the 16C, 17C and 18C. Hans Heinrich opened the collection to the 19C and on Impressionism, as well as on the avant-garde of the 20C and as well American painting of the 19C.
The panorama of the 19C culminates in Impressionism, of which it includes almost all the outstanding masters: Manet (Amazone in front), Renoir (Woman with a Parasol in a Garden, 1875), Monet (The thaw in Vétheuil, 1881), Degas (Ladies in Headgear, Dancer in Green), Camille Pissarro (the Marly Forest and Saint-Honoré Street landscapes. Effect of rain), Alfred Sisley (The flood in Port-Marly, 1876), Pierre Bonnard (Portrait of Misia Godebska), Berthe Morisot (The Dressing Mirror) … Toulouse-Lautrec is present with two gouaches and a rare oil painting, The redhead in a white blouse; Paul Cézanne rivals him with the important pre-Cubist canvas Portrait of a Peasant (1905-06) and a still life in watercolor. Van Gogh has four works from different stages, such as the oil painting The Village of Les Vessenots in Auvers and the engraving The Potato Eaters. In 2004, Carmen, the widow of Hans Heinrich Thyssen, enriched the museum with nearly 200 works, including Catalan painting, which are exhibited in Barcelona. It is one of the stops of the Spanish “Golden Triangle of Art” with the others being the Prado Museum and the Reina Sofia Museum.
The Thyssen family was one of the most important collections of art gathered in the 20C, dedicated to the European art from 1290 to Pop art. Duccio, Van Eyck, Dürer, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Canaletto, Monet, Degas, Morisot, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Kirchner, Mondrian, O’Keeffe, Hopper… these are just some of the great names whose works you can see in the museum. Wander through our collection made up of almost 1000 paintings, spanning the history of art from the 13C right up until the 20C. Of course, do not forget in the museum the mirador/terrrace of Thyssen with great views and nice foodies in the arts. I have stop here for lunch even if not going in, you don’t have to.The
Museo Thyssen on its terraces : https://www.museothyssen.org/eventos-corporativos/terrazas
I was there last for the his exhibition of the Thyssen Museum explores for the first time the connection that was established between the life and work of the disciple and his teacher. The paths of Claude Monet and his master Eugène Boudin crossed for the first time in the spring of 1856 almost by chance, when they coincided in the stationery store Gravier, in Le Havre. It was just then that Boudin, 16 years older than Monet, wanted to congratulate him on his work as a caricaturist, and encouraged him to continue studying and painting, inviting to do it with him. A wonderful day at the museum!!
The official Thyssen Bornemisza museum: https://www.museothyssen.org/en
The Madrid tourist office on the Thyssen Bornemisza: https://www.esmadrid.com/en/tourist-information/thyssen-bornemisza-national-museum
There you go folks, a nice museum one of the not to miss while visiting Madrid. Again, hope you have enjoy the Thyssen Bornemisza museum of Madrid !!! as I.
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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