August Thyssen News Today

It’s been 90 years since Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was appointed to the office of Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933, setting in motion the fascist seizure of power and ultimately the Second World War.

The story of a saga of collectors and the museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, which is one of the most important art collections of the 20th century, was formed in only two generations. Its precursor was August Thyssen, the second Baron’s grandfather, who exchanged letters with the sculptor Rodin and even acquired several of his works. August’s third son, the first Baron Thyssen, managed to gather together an extremely important core of European ...