The Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza continues its temporary exhibition of works of American Art until 16 October in galleries 55 to 46 on the first floor. Autumn, by Frederic Edwin Church, in illustration.
The exhibition American Art in the Thyssen Collection is the result of a research project, funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art, to study and reinterpret the collection of American art that Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza (1921-2002) assembled over more than three decades. The exhibition forms part of the events celebrating the centenary of his birth.
Divided into four major thematic sections, this exhibition, which consists of a selection of 140 works, aims to rethink the American art collection from a cross-cutting perspective, through categories such as history, politics, science, the environment, material culture and urban life, and considering aspects of gender, ethnicity, class and language, among others, to facilitate a deeper understanding of the complexities of American art and culture.
