Paseo del Arte

The other two museums on the Walk of Art in Madrid are the Thyssen-Bornemisza and the Reina Sofia.

Our next stop was the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum which is primarily a private collection from the family of the same name.

They had collected their pieces over a span of 120 years and then in the 1990s sold it to the Spanish government for $350 million.

They were less maniacal about taking photos, so got some good ones here of mostly impressionists and pop art.

This is a piece by Wassily Kandinsky from 1908 called The Ludwigskirche in München.

The famous Paul Gaugin piece from 1892 called Mata Mua is also here.

Our very favorite piece, Woman in Bath by Roy Lichtenstein.

A very lively pop art piece from Charles Bell from 1977 called Thunder Smash.

And a nice piece from Richard Estes from 1970 called Nedick’s.

A gorgeous impressionist piece from Edgar Degas named Swaying Dancer from 1879. A companion piece from this series hangs in the Art Institute in Chicago.

A beautiful Matisse from 1921 named Conversation Under the Olive Trees.

And the lastly a great piece from Renoir called Woman with a Parasol in the Garden.

Over at our final art stop, the Reina Sofia they had an exposition on socialist art. Items like this.

In their permanent collection they had two gorgeous pieces.

The first is by Salvador Dali and is called Portait from 1925.

But our very favorite was Woman in Blue from Picasso in 1901.

Stunning!

There is so much art to see in Madrid – if you come make sure you save time for the Paseo del Arte.