Drop-in Tour | American Painting and Sculpture to 1920
John Singer Sargent, Mrs. Joshua Montgomery Sears (Sarah Choate Sears), 1899, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by George R. Brown in honor of his wife, Alice Pratt Brown.
Installation view of the galleries for American art.
Frederic Edwin Church, Cotopaxi, 1855, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Hogg Brothers Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg, by exchange.
Installation view of the galleries for American art.
Robert Henri, Calero (Antonio Baños), 1908, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of Ernest M. Closuit through Meredith J. Long.
Installation view of the galleries for American art.
Installation view of the galleries for American art.
Drop-in Tour | American Painting and Sculpture to 1920
Explore the galleries of American art, spanning centuries of U.S. life and culture. The installations bring together diverse expressions of the nation’s art through a range of paintings, sculpture, photography, books, prints, furniture, ceramics, metals, textiles, and costume. In addition to the work of artists such as Frederic Edwin Church, Robert Henri, and John Singer Sargent, the galleries include the art of Native Americans, Mexico, and the British and Spanish North American colonies.
This tour is included with general admission, which is free on Thursday. Meet the docent on the first floor of the Beck Building in the sculpture court.
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Learning and Interpretation programs receive generous funding from the Jerold B. Katz Foundation; H-E-B; MD Anderson Cancer Center; Institute of Museum and Library Services; The Brown Foundation, Inc.; Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; Sterling-Turner Foundation; Susan Vaughan Foundation; and additional generous donors.