Special project
Casa Retortillo
x Museum Thyssen-Bornemizsa
A collaboration born from Woman with Parasol, a work by Robert Delaunay from the permanent collection of the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza.
Casa Retortillo translates that universe of colour, fragmentation and movement into a series of handmade ceramic pieces for the museum shop.
The origin
From painting
to the table
The project takes Woman with Parasol, a 1913 work by Robert Delaunay, as its starting point. In the painting, figure and landscape fragment and merge in a composition where colour holds the scene together.
From that visual language, Casa Retortillo develops a collection of functional pieces that bring painting into the third dimension: objects to observe closely, combine and use.
Painting becomes object: colour, gesture and matter for the table.
Casa Retortillo x Museo Thyssen
The maker
A gaze shaped
by art and craft
Ángela Martín-Retortillo holds a degree in Fine Arts and a Master’s degree in Art History, Theory and Criticism from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Before devoting herself fully to ceramics, much of her professional career developed in the field of photography. Her interest in ceramics began in childhood, but in 2024 she decided to make it her main practice.
In 2025 she travelled to Slovenia to take workshops with a ceramicist, an experience that marked the beginning of a fuller dedication to the discipline.
Process
A handmade
translation
Starting point
The collection begins with Woman with Parasol by Robert Delaunay and the way colour structures the image.
Matter
The pictorial language moves into ceramics through handmade pieces, organic shapes, vivid glazes and variations that belong to the process.
Everyday use
Plates, bowls and serving pieces created for the museum shop, but also made to enter the home and become part of the everyday table.
Functional ceramics
Pieces made
one by one
The collection brings together plates, bowls and serving pieces in different sizes and colours. Each piece is made by hand, away from the wheel and from overly perfect finishes.
Organic shapes, colour and the trace of the hand are part of Casa Retortillo’s language: functional ceramics made for everyday use.
Delaunay collection
Discover the pieces
A series of handmade pieces for the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza shop, inspired by the colour and movement of Robert Delaunay.