Impressionism at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza

I saw so much art in Madrid, wonderful art, and yet I have hardly posted on any of it. The problem is that there is so much of it, and after finishing the posts on the city itself, other things came up that I wanted to write about, and all this wonderful art got neglected. I hope that slowly, I will rectify this omission, as, posting about things is a way of reliving them but also, remembering.

The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum is part of the so-called Golden Triangle of Art which you can read about here and unlike the other two, the Prado and the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, the Thyssen is manageable - one is not overwhelmed by the sheer number of what is on show.

 

Impressionism at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

I enjoyed looking at the Impressionist paintings in this Museum: some known and beloved classics but also a lot of artists I had not come across before. Furthermore, any exhibition that features work by Kandinsky is a pleasure.

Berthe Morisot, Reclining Nude, Shephdrdess, 1891

Camille Pissarro, Winter Sun and Snow, 1870

Childe Hassam, Fifth Avenue at Washington Square, New York, 1891

John Henry Twachtman, Boats Moored on a Pond, 1902

Paul Serusier, Two Breton Women under an Apple Tree in Flower, 1892

Emile Bernard, Bathers, 1889

Paul Gauguin, An Orchard under the Church of Bihorel, 1884

Paul Gauguin, 1892

Wassily Kandinsky, The Ludwigskirche in Munich, 1908

Wassily Kandinsky, Murnau, Houses on the Obermarkt, 1908

Jean Metzinger, Bathers (Two Nudes in an Erotic Landscape), 1905

Henri-Edmond Cross, Beach, Evening Effect, 1902

Theo Van Rysselberghe, Entrance to the Port of Volendam, 1896

Maurice de Vlaminck, Fields, Ruel, 1907

Henri Manguin, The Prints, 1905

Georges Braque, Seascape, L'Estaque, 1906

Andre Derain, Landscape, 1904-05

Maurice de Vlaminck, Blue Vase with Flowers, 1906

Heinrich Campendonk Couple, 1915

Conrad Felixmuller, Portrait of Eifriede Hausmann, 1917

Robert Delaunay, Portuguese Woman, 1916

Max Pechstein, Bathers, 1912

Natalia Goncharova, Fishing, 1909

Such a rare pleasure seeing a painting by Goncharova - there don't seem to be that many around, not in the West, anyway. My favourite painting of hers is Aplesinia and I have posted twice about it: here and here. The second link is about an exhibition of hers I saw at Tate Modern - in the post I say how I was slightly disappointed by the exhibition, but having looked at it again, I think I was too harsh - a lot of it is wonderful work.

Finally, I remember so clearly this group of school children because they were so engrossed, listening to their teacher talking to them about the artworks.