Villahermosa Palace, site of the museum © Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Villahermosa Palace, site of the museum © Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Room in the museum © Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Giovanni Bellini. 'Nunc dimittis'. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum © Turespaña
Paul Gauguin. 'Mata Mua' ('Once upon a time'), 1892 © Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
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PrivateOne of the best private collections of paintings in the world.
For several generations, the family collected a large number of works that today are exhibited in this museum. The architect Rafael Moneo remodelled and renovated the Villahermosa Palace, a building from the early 19th century, for this very purpose. It is said that this museum is the perfect complement to the Prado and Reina Sofía museums, because it bridges the gaps in their respective collections. There are splendid works, dating from the 14th century up to the masterly pop art of the 20th century. This is a wonderful place for a journey through the different "Isms" of art, starting with Impressionism. A new building with 18 rooms, which houses the Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, has recently been added to the museum. Two of these rooms are used for temporary exhibits.
One of the masterpieces of Analytical Cubism
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It is one of the most representative paintings in Pablo Picasso's work at the beginning of the 20th century.
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It is one of George Braque's few truly Fauve paintings.
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This work is representative of the period in which Picasso began to use a new artistic idiom inspired by classical painting, with which he reinterpreted traditional subjects through Cubism.
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One of Rembrandt's most exceptional self-portraits and a faithful mirror into his soul.
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With this work Degas introduces spectators into the world of the ballet which held such fascination for him.
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This superb still life is a compendium of the work of the artist and exemplifies some of the most outstanding elements of his style.
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This canvas is regarded as one of the high points of Moillon's painting career.
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This work is in the tradition of the outdoor horseracing scenes originating in England in the late 18th century.
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This painting is the first one that the popular American painter Georgia O'Keefe made of the city of New York.
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This summer the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid dedicates an exhibition to Camille Pissarro, one of the pioneers of Impressionism.
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Tuesday to Sunday
Does not close at midday
10:00 AM to 7:00 PM
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12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Closed: Mondays, 1 January, 1 May and 25 December.
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General: €9
Reduced: €6
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Discount (only at ticket office with proof): over-65s, pensioners, students, Youth Card holders, disabled persons, large families and Fine Art teachers.
Free admission: under-12s, unemployed persons (with ID).
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