Museo Carmen Thyssen

Max Ernst: natural history

A key figure in the development of art in the 20th century, the German painter, sculptor and graphic artist Max Ernst (Brühl, 1891−Paris, 1976) set out to visualise a unique and fascinating dream world in his works. The Natural History (Histoire naturelle) series, one...

Piranesi. A Visionary’s Prints

The more than a thousand prints produced by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Venice, 1720−Rome, 1778) are the work of a passionate architect with a painter’s eye who only expressed his creativity in etched plates. A universal master of printmaking, Piranesi earned a reputation as the best ...

Paradises and Landscapes in the Carmen Thyssen Collection. From Brueghel to Gauguin

This exhibition, curated by Lourdes Moreno, will present a fascinating survey of landscape painting from the 17th to the mid-20th century through major works in the Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection. The exhibition will analyse the depiction of nature as a poetic vision of paradise, frequently...