Carmen thyssen bornemisza biography for kids

Ever since her now deceased husband, German industrialist Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen, sold his unrivalled art collection to the Spanish state in 1992, Carmen Cervera has rarely been out of the headlines, her not-quite rags, but certainly to riches, story, combining a glamour, art, and a good old fashioned family feud providing the gossip writers with plenty of copy.

Her latest appearance in the media came after she decided to sell Constable’s ‘The Lock’ earlier this month.

The early 19th century landscape is now one of the most expensive British paintings ever sold and went under the hammer for more than €27 million.

The former beauty queen — she was Miss Spain in 1961 — says she had to sell the masterpiece to raise cash.

One of the heiresses to the massive Thyssen fortune, her personal collection, valued at around $700 million, includes half a dozen works by Gauguin, a Picasso, and hundreds of others. She also has