A visit to the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (Madrid, Spain)

J. L. Gamallo. In 1992, with the assistance of the Kings of Spain and the Thyssen-Bornemisza barons was inaugurated in the neoclassical Villahermosa Palace museum that would host art collection that had formed the Baron Hans Heinrich von Thyssen-Bornemisza, following the path initiated by his father, the first Baron Thyssen.

On the basis of classical painting the the Baron added Impressionists, Expressionists, modern and contemporary masters. The desire that the collection is not divided at his death, as did that of his father, and being married to the Spanish Carmen Cervera, he influenced his decision that his collection remain based in Spain, first with a lease agreement and then a purchase agreement by the Spanish State and the main set value of the Thyssen collection. Along with the Reina Sofia Museum and the Museo del Prado, the Thyssen Museum integrates the major axis of Madrid's Art Walk, which extends the length of the Recoletos and Paseo del Prado, these museums have to join the Naval Museum National Museum of Decorative Arts and the National Archaeological Museum. An exceptional artistic, historic and cultural offerings that few European capitals can be overcome. No matter how brief our visit to Madrid, this museum has to be among our preferences. From our hostel there are just 10 'quiet ride and the most significant and beautiful areas of the capital of Spain. The Thyssen collection houses an overwhelming quantity and quality masterpieces met the Baron and then his wife Carmen Cervera. Over 1,000 works of Italian Gothic first since the thirteenth century until 1980. Give the names of the painters and their works would be like copy pages from a huge encyclopedia of the history of art: Simone Martini, Fra Angelico, Ghirlandaio, Uccello, Titian, Dürer, Cranach, van Eyck, Veronese, El Greco, Tintoretto, Caravaggio , Hals, Rembrandt, Canaletto, Goya, etc.. Among the works of modern masters there Manet, Monet, Degas, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Munch, Matisse, Derain, Picasso, Kirchner, Chagall, Klee, etc.. There is something for all tastes and for all artistic sensibilities. An outstanding opportunityto tour and explore the secrets of this magnificent collection, representing a historical moment of the twentieth century European.