Museo Carmen Thyssen

Modern and seductive. Women in the ABC Collection (1900−1936)

During the first decades of the twentieth century, the illustrations in the weekly magazine Blanco y Negro and the daily newspaper ABC – two of the periodic publications with the largest circulation at the time – conveyed the image of a new, active and modern woman. ...

Sorolla in Jávea

Joaquín Sorolla (1863−1923) discovered Jávea in the autumn of 1896. The scenery of the place proved to be quite a revelation for the painter, then thirty-three. Sorolla was familiar with the landscapes of the beaches of his native Valencia, where he had spent hours on end maki...

The Collection grows. Recent acquisitions

Eighteen works of different styles and periods swell the Museo Carmen Thyssen Collection with themes as important as Orientalism, the portrait or the nude. This presentation reaffirms the character of the Permanent Collection and proves that this is a living, constantly growing museum. As regards...