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COLLECTION OF THE BARONESS CARMEN THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA
CARMEN THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA男爵夫人珍藏

B aroness Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza, director and Vice
President of the Board of Trustees of The Thyssen-Bornemisza
Collection Foundation, has long been devoted to the cultural
preservation of the arts. Her father, an industrial engineer and
businessman, was also an accomplished painter and collector
of Catalan paintings. From the time she was a child, her family
cultivated the Baroness’s love of the arts. Internationally educated
and well-traveled, the Baroness was exposed to a vast array of
cultures with distinct artistic traditions, fostering her love of art
from all corners of the world.
In 1985 the Baroness married Baron Hans Heinrich von Thyssen-
Bornemisza, a businessman and devoted art collector, reigniting her
childhood passion and catalyzing an even deeper commitment to
the arts. The marriage of the Baron and Baroness not only merged
two families, but also joined their two distinctive collections into a
comprehensive group of more than 1,200 works, including paintings
by renowned artists such as Titian, Van Gogh and Picasso.
With her husband at her side, the Baroness elegantly stepped
into the role as co-caretaker of the Thyssen-Bornemisza family
collection, focusing mainly on nineteenth and twentieth century
North American and European painting, including select works of
Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and Expressionism. Together
they continued to build what was to become one of the most
revered art collections in Europe. Housed in the Museo Thyssen-
Bornemisza in Madrid since 1992, the Thyssen-Bornemisza
collection boasts Western art works spanning from the thirteenth
to the twentieth centuries, as well as works from Asia and beyond.
The Baroness has a special fondness for Asian works of art
and furniture, which fll her home. This present cloisonné table
illustrates her keen eye for Asian art and her commitment to
collecting at the highest level in every feld. Until recently, this piece
remained in pride of place in her home alongside other works from
her personal collection.

卡門•提森-博內米薩男爵夫人向來熱衷於藝術及文化保護工作。其
父為工程師兼商人，同時亦是一位成功的加泰羅尼亞畫家及藏家。男
爵夫人自幼在濃厚的藝術氣氛熏陶下環遊世界，培養了她對各地藝
術濃厚的興趣。
1985年，男爵夫人與商人兼收藏家漢斯•亨瑞士•翁•提森-博內米薩男
爵喜結連理，兩大家族的結合組成了1200餘件藝術精品，其中包括
提香、梵高及畢加索的作品。
在先生的陪同下，她加入了提森-博內米薩家族龐大收藏的管理工
作，主要負責十九至二十世紀北美及歐洲繪畫，包括印象派，後印象
派及表現主義作品。夫妻二人共同建立了歐洲最具有影響力的收藏
之一。自1992年，馬德里提森-博內米薩博物館對外展出十三至二十世
紀西方及亞洲藝術精品。男爵夫人對亞洲藝術品及家具情有獨鍾，
這張十七世紀末掐絲琺瑯龍紋方桌充分代表她對亞洲藝術的極高
品味及私人室內裝飾風格。

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