- Address: Paseo del Prado, 8, Madrid, España
- Tel: + 34 902 76 05 11
- Website: museothyssen.org
In Madrid, almost every museum has artistic values of different trends and epochs. Passion for painting is inherent in man at all times, so the monarchs of Spain for many centuries collected collections of paintings, tapestries, engravings. But when a sophisticated tourist wants to see something, he will certainly visit the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum.
This museum - the largest private collection of paintings in the world until 1993, now state. In this issue, Spain managed to bypass its permanent rival - Britain. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum is located in Madrid and is part of the "Golden Triangle of the Arts" along with the Prado Museum and the Queen Sofia Arts Center . The collection of paintings contains works of Dutch, English and German schools, paintings by Italian artists, as well as little-known works by American masters of the second half of the twentieth century. The paintings occupy all the rooms of the palace of the Duke Villahermosa, a small part of them are currently exhibited in Barcelona.
Historical touches
The collection of paintings takes its origin during the Great Depression, when there was a massive resale of works of art due to financial difficulties. Baron Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemis was a wealthy German industrialist, which allowed him to start buying up masterpieces from American caches, European gatherings, from relatives and return them to their historical homeland, to Europe. The first purchase was the work of Vittore Carpaccio "Portrait of a Knight". In total, the baron bought about 525 paintings, which were transported to Sweden and decorated in the first exhibition.
In 1986, at the invitation of the Spanish government, the entire collection (and this is about 1600 masterpieces!) Moved to Madrid to the center of the city to the palace, and six years later, with the mediation of the baron's wife, all paintings were purchased under special conditions by the Kingdom. According to experts, the price of the deal was about three times lower than the market value.
The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum contains works by such masters as Memling, Carpaccio, Albrecht Durer, Raphael, Rubens, Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Picasso, Pete Mondrian, Egon Schill, Rubens, Gauguin and many others. In almost one hundred years, unique creations of all directions were collected by one family.
Epochs are placed in chronology, dating back to the 13th century and ending with modernity. Heirs of the Baron still buy paintings and put them in a museum, which because of the lack of premises in 2004 decided to increase. As a result, a modern exhibition complex with an open terrace was attached to the castle. The museum also holds thematic exhibitions and concerts.
When and how to visit?
The picture gallery in Madrid works every day from 10 am to 19 pm, for a temporary exhibition, the work schedule is set individually. A ticket to the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum can be bought at the ticket office, online or ordered by phone. For pensioners and students of the EU discounts are provided, children under 12 years are free. Ticket prices and work schedule, please check the website. In the museum you will not be allowed to go inside with large bags, backpacks, umbrellas, food. Also you can not take pictures.
The Thyssen Museum of Bornemisza can be reached by public transport :
- metro line L12 to the station Banco de España;
- on route buses No. 1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 14, 15, 20, 27, 34, 37, 41, 51, 52, 53, 74, 146 and 150;
- by train to the Atocha Station or Recoletos Station;
- by car on the coordinates: longitude - -3.694894122753908, latitude - 40.41582644548819.
To the note to connoisseurs:
- the work of some authors can be seen only in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum;
- the basis of the collection - portraits and landscapes;
- in addition to paintings, visitors can admire and watercolors, sculptures, furniture.
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