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THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA NATIONAL MUSEUM

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Paseo del Prado, 8, Madrid, Spain
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2024
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2024

An essential complement to the Prado and the Reina Sofia, the Thyssen is full of master paintings (Jan Van Eyck, Picasso, Bacon...).

This neoclassical palace houses the magnificent private collection of the Barons Thyssen-Bornemisza, with paintings from the 12th to the 20th century. It complements the Prado for classical painting and the Reina Sofía for modern painting.

If you want to follow a chronological order, start your visit on the second floor. This section is devoted to the Italian and Flemish primitives. Room 1 houses a magnificent 14th-century work: Christ and the Samaritan Woman (1311), by Duccio. In room 3, we find two jewels of the collection: The Annunciation (c. 1435-1441) by Jan van Eyck and The Virgin with the Dry Tree (c. 1450), by Petrus Christus.

On the second floor, you can admire paintings from the German Renaissance, including Holbein's Portrait of Henry VIII (c. 1534-1536), and 17th-century Dutch paintings, including La Toilette de Vénus (c. 1629) and Rubens' Venus and Cupid. Rooms 16, 17 and 18 are devoted to 18th-century Italian art, featuring two fine views of the Grand Canal in Venice: one by Canaletto (1723) and another by Francesco Guardi. Romantic works such as Caspar David Friedrich's Easter Morning are also on display.

Impressionism is present, with paintings by Manet, Monet and Renoir. Van Gogh ( Les Vessenots à Auvers, 1888), Cézanne(Portrait d'un paysan, circa 1900), Gauguin(Mata Mua, circa 1892) and Toulouse-Lautrec(Gaston Bonnefoy, 1891) complete the picture. The German Expressionists are represented by the Die Brücke group.

On the first floor, 8 rooms (from 41 to 48) are devoted to contemporary art. The various avant-garde schools of the 20th century are highlighted: cubism with Picasso's Man with a Clarinet or Harlequin (1923), a number of paintings by Braque and Juan Gris, surrealism with Dalí, Miró and Magritte, Kandinsky's abstract period and painters such as Chagall, Max Ernst and Klee. The final rooms are devoted to post-war American painting: Mark Rothko's Green on Violet, a treasure trove of Abstract Expressionism, and Pollock's Brown and Silver I. Figurative painting is represented by Hopper, Lucian Freud and Bacon. The tour ends with pop art: Rauchenberg's Express, Lichtenstein's Femme au bain and Wesselmann's Nu nº 1.

Last but not least, the store is well worth a visit, with its à la carte prints of the museum's paintings.


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Visited in december 2019
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Un cours d'histoire de l'art
Visiter ce musée équivaut à suivre un cours d'histoire de l'art en accéléré. Des années 1400 à nos jours ce musée rassemble quelques tableaux des artistes les plus connus de chaque époque. Nous avions acheter nos places en avance (museum pass). Il n'y avait pas de queue (malgré la haute saison) et le musée est grand donc suffisament de place pour être tranquille et admirer les tableaux. Nous avions pris un audioguie que je recommande vivement. Je n'ai jamais vu un audioguide aussi complet ! Cela nous permet de voir l'évolution de la peinture et des courants artistiques et de les mettre en relation avec les faits historiques. Ce musée est moins visité et moins connu que le Prado mais allez-y vous ne regreterez pas !
Visited in february 2019
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Très bonne visite
Un musée extrêmement bien organisé (Chronologique), avec une collection incroyable.
Entrée gratuite le lundi de 12h à 16h.
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Visited in february 2019
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à ne pas manquer
Superbe musée de la collection privée des Barons Thyssen-Bornemisza, le musée est bien moins fréquenté que celui du Prado. Si vous êtes fan des primitifs religieux, commencez la visite par le 2eme étage et suivez l'ordre imposé, sinon, commencez par la peinture moderne au rez de chaussée, puis montez au 1er
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Visited in may 2018
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Moins fréquenté que le Prado, donc plus facilement accessible si l'on a pas trop de temps mais que l'on veut quand même voir une riche collection
rrrriton
Visited in march 2018
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Le bâtiment est impressionnant, les collections valent le détour

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