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Milestones in MFAH History
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A group of civic leaders organizes the Houston Public School Art League for the "encouragement of art and culture in the public school system."
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| 1924 |
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The original MFAH building, designed by William Ward Watkin, opens its doors to the public, becoming the first art museum building in Texas and the third in the South.
Opening day of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Photo by Frank J. Schlueter,
Woodson Research Center, Rice University.
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| 1926 |
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The museum completes the Watkin design with the addition of two wings.
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| 1930 |
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The Garden Club of Houston begins maintaining the museum grounds.
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| 1939 |
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MFAH Trustee Miss Ima Hogg begins to donate her extensive collections of Native American art, Frederic Remington paintings, and avant-garde European prints and drawings.
Frederic Remington, Aiding a Comrade
1889-90, oil on canvas, 34 x 48 1/8 inches
The Hogg Brothers Collection
gift of Miss Ima Hogg, 43.23.
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| 1944 |
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Edith and Percy Straus bequeath 87 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper, including Italian Renaissance masterpieces.
Italian (Ferrarese),
third quarter of the 15th century
The Meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
c. 1470-73, tempera and gold leaf on wood,
36 3/8" diameter
the Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection
44.574.
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| 1947 |
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Sarah Campbell Blaffer begins donating major gifts of art, including paintings by Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas.
Edgar Degas, Woman Drying Herself, c. 1905
charcoal and pastel on tracing paper
mounted by the artist on wove paper
31 x 31 inches
the Robert Lee Blaffer Memorial Collection
gift of Sarah Campbell Blaffer, 56.21.
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| 1953 |
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The Robert Lee Blaffer Memorial Wing, designed by Kenneth Franzheim, opens.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designs a 25-year master plan for the museum.
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| 1957 |
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Miss Ima Hogg donates her 28-room home, Bayou Bend; her esteemed collection of American decorative arts and paintings; and the 14 acres of gardens surrounding Bayou Bend.
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| 1958 |
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Funded by Nina Cullinan and designed by Mies van der Rohe, Cullinan Hall opens.
Cullinan Hall. Photo by Ezra Stoller.
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