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The Thyssen Art Macabre

Books seldom make me angry but this one did. At first, I was powerfully struck by the uncanny parallels that existed between the Mellons of Pittsburgh and the Thyssens of the Ruhr through the same period, essentially the last quarter of the nineteenth century.

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Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza and David R. L. Litchfield at Villa Favorita, Lugano, Switzerland, 1989 © Nicola Graydo
Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza and David R. L. Litchfield at Villa Favorita, Lugano, Switzerland, 1989 © Nicola Graydo
Andrew W. Mellon
Andrew W. Mellon
August Thyssen
August Thyssen
The Death of Athens (Lamentation on the Acropolis), 1904 - 1906 by Auguste Rodin
The Death of Athens (Lamentation on the Acropolis), 1904 - 1906 by Auguste Rodin
Paul Mellon
Paul Mellon
Heinrich Thyssen
Heinrich Thyssen
Baron and Baroness Thyssen-Bornemisza pose on the terrace of Villa Favorita with Picasso's 1923 "Harlequin with a Mirror"
Baron and Baroness Thyssen-Bornemisza pose on the terrace of Villa Favorita with Picasso's 1923 "Harlequin with a Mirror"
Crucifixion with the Virgin and St. John the Evangelist by Ugolino di Nerio
Crucifixion with the Virgin and St. John the Evangelist by Ugolino di Nerio
Madonna and Child with Angels and St. Catherine by Francesco di Giorgio Martini
Madonna and Child with Angels and St. Catherine by Francesco di Giorgio Martini
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