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1992 - 2012, 20 años
The Blue Circus

Chagall

Organised by Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum and Caja Madrid Foundation

From 14 February to 20 May 2012

Author:
Marc Chagall
Title:
The Blue Circus (Le cirque bleu)
Date:
1950-52
Technical:
Oil on linen canvas
Measures:
232.5 x 175.8 cm.
Location:


Centre Pompidou, Paris. Musée national d’art moderne/Centre de création industrielle. Dation 1988.
© VEGAP, Madrid 2012. - Chagall ®
El emperador Shah Jahan en el Trono del Pavo Real

Into India

South Asian Paintings from the San Diego Museum of Art

Organised by the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum and the San Diego Museum of Art

EXTENDED UNTIL 27 MAY 2012

Author:
'Abid, son of Aqa Reza
Title:
The Emperor Shah Jahan on the Peacock Throne
Date:
India, 1640
Technical:
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, mounted as an album page
Measures:
36.7 x 25 cm.
Location:



Edwin Binney 3rd Collection. 1990.352

Biography and Works

Author:
Bernardo Bellotto
Born/Dead:
Venice, 1720-Warsaw, 1780
Date:
Works

Biography

Bellotto was an apprentice in the studio of his uncle Canaletto where he is documented in 1735, soon absorbing the latter’s style. In 1738 he is registered in the painters’ guild in Venice and son after made a series of trips around various Italian cities. Among his views of Venice are The Rio dei Mendicanti and the Scuola di San Marco (Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice), and The Church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo (Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Mass). His first documented trip was to Padua followed by Rome, Lucca and Florence. Between 1743 and 1747 he was in Lombardy, Turin and Verona. The results of these visits are to be seen in his views of The Tiber with the Castel Sant’Angelo, Rome (Detroit Institute of Arts) and View of Verona with the Ponte delle Navi (Gemäldegalerie, Dresden). In 1747 he was in Dresden where he worked for Frederick Augustus II of Saxony and was appointed court painter one year later. Among his views of Dresden are The Moat of the Zwinger and the View of the Elbe with the Palace and the Hofkirche. Between 1758 and 1759 he travelled to Vienna to the court of Maria Teresa and in 1761 was working in Munich for Maximilian III of Bavaria. He then returned to Dresden, leaving in 1766 to establish himself in Warsaw at the court of Stanislas Augustus Poniatowski, where he was also named court painter. Important works from this last phase of his career include 24 canvases with scenes and panoramic views of Warsaw painted for a room in the royal palace

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