Museo Carmen Thyssen

Artists’ Posters. From Toulouse-Lautrec to Jeff Koons.

Within the new concept of modern art that was formulated at the end of the 19th century, the difference and hierarchy between the various artistic genres began to become less distinct. Graphic art consequently became the subject of enormous interest and experimentation on the part of painters suc...

Telluric and primitive

The earth and a primordial language of signs and basic forms – or, as we have defined it in this exhibition, the telluric (terrestrial or geological) and the primitive (primordial) – offered two paths of renewal starting from the very first episode in modern Spanish art (the 1920s and...

Sorolla in Andalusia

Joaquín Sorolla, an indefatigable painter and tireless traveller with a curious and cosmopolitan nature and an enquiring mind, shaped a particular lifestyle marked by constant wanderings. Over the years he continually explored the world within his reach. And painting was always the main re...