Description of the attraction
The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum is an amazingly complete collection of works of art, which until 1993 was the world's largest private collection of paintings. Together with the Prado Museum and the Reina Sofia Center for the Arts, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum constitutes the famous Golden Triangle of Arts. The collections of these museums complement each other perfectly, because in each of them canvases of that time and those artistic styles that are not in others are exhibited.
The museum housed its collections in the premises of the beautiful Villahermosa Palace, built in 1771. The museum was founded in 1992, and a year later its funds became the property of the Spanish crown. The collection of the museum includes about a thousand paintings, most of which (about 800 paintings) were collected by Baron Hans Thyssen-Bornemisz and his son Hans Heinrich, and 200 paintings that made up the personal collection of the widow of Hans Heinrich were transferred to the museum fund in 2004.
The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum presents to the attention of visitors an extensive collection of canvases, which presents paintings of various artistic trends and schools, capturing a long period of time - from the 13th century to the present day. Among the numerous masterpieces presented in the museum, there are paintings by such outstanding artists as Caravaggio, Titian, Raphael, Durer, Rubens, Picasso. The Impressionist exposition is represented by paintings by Gauguin, Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Renoir and others. The extensive collection of rare North American paintings dating back to the 19th century and occupying 4 halls of the museum is of great interest. The museum also displays paintings related to modern trends in art - avant-garde, pop art.
