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UIL A+ Art Selections from the
MFAH Collection
2011–12 and 2012–13 School Years
View these works of art in any order you wish.
As you visit each object, read the label or call
in to the Guide By Cell Audio Tour to learn more.
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Mary Cassatt, Children in a Garden (The Nurse)
American Art Galleries (108)
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European Art Galleries (204)
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Roger van der Weyden, Virgin and Child
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Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Allegory of Europe
Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation (207)
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Jean-Étienne Liotard, Jean-Louis Buisson-Boissier
European Art Galleries (213)
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Balthasar van der Ast, Still Life of Flowers in a Glass Vase
Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation (217)
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Claude Monet, Water Lilies (Nymphéas)
Audrey Jones Beck Collection (221)
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André Derain, The Turning Road
Audrey Jones Beck Collection (223)
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Maximilien Luce, Rue Ravignan, Paris
Audrey Jones Beck Collection (224)
UIL A+ Artists in the MFAH Collection
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Albert Bierstadt, Indians Spear Fishing
American Art Galleries (107)
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Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation (217)
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Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Suicide of Lucretia
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George Stubbs, Truss, A Hunter
Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation (217)
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Gustave Courbet, The Gust of Wind
European Art Galleries (220)
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Eugène Delacroix, Shipwreck on the Coast
European Art Galleries (220)
More paintings by Delacroix can be found nearby, visit gallery 219 to view
Andromeda and Saint Mary Magdalene at the Foot of the Cross.
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Pablo Picasso, European Art Galleries
Visit gallery 227 to view paintings and sculpture by Pablo Picasso.
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Georgia O’Keeffe, American Art Galleries
Visit gallery 108 to view paintings by Georgia O’Keeffe.
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µ˙The Museum of Fine Arts
The collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is
continually changing. If you can’t locate one of the works
of art listed, the object may have been moved to another
gallery or it may be temporarily off-view. Visit The Kinder
Foundation Education Center, located in the lower level
of the Caroline Wiess Law building, to learn more.
www.mfah.org/KFEC
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1-9 UIL A+ Art Selections from the MFAH Collection
10-15 UIL A+ Artists in the MFAH Collection
1. Mary Cassatt, American, active in France, 1844–1926, Children in a Garden (The Nurse), 1878,
oil on canvas, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Meredith Long
2. Rogier van der Weyden, Netherlandish, c. 1399–1464, Virgin and Child, after 1454, oil on wood,
the Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection
3. Jean-Baptiste Oudry, French, 1686–1755, Allegory of Europe, 1722, oil on canvas,
Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
4. Jean-Étienne Liotard, Swiss, 1702–1789, Jean-Louis Buisson-Boissier, c. 1764, pastel on vellum,
museum purchase
5. Balthasar van der Ast, Dutch, c. 1593/4–1657, Still Life of Flowers in a Glass Vase, 1624,
oil on copper, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
6. Claude Monet, French, 1840–1926, Water Lilies (Nymphéas), 1907, oil on canvas,
gift of Mrs. Harry C. Hanszen
7. André Derain, French, 1880–1954, The Turning Road, L’Estaque, 1906, oil on canvas,
gift of Audrey Jones Beck
8. Maximilien Luce, French, 1858–1941, Rue Ravignan, Paris, 1893, oil on canvas,
gift of Audrey Jones Beck
9. Albert Bierstadt, American, born Germany, 1830–1902, Indians Spear Fishing, 1862, oil on canvas,
gift of the family of Joseph S. Cullinan, and Mr. and Mrs. David R. Wintermann, by exchange, with
additional gifts from Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Wiess; Mrs. E. L. Perry; Mr. and Mrs. John H. Blaffer in
memory of his father, Robert Lee Blaffer; Edith A. and Percy S. Straus; Grand Central Art Galleries;
Miss Ima Hogg; General and Mrs. Maurice Hirsch; the Allied Arts Association; Mr. and Mrs. Charles L.
Bybee; Nan Greacen Faure; Helen M. Turner; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Levine; the Axson Club, Houston;
William Best; Sarah Campbell Blaffer; Mrs. Willimina Borland; Mrs. Evan W. Burris; the Houston Art League
through the bequest of George M. Dickson; Miss Katherine S. Dreier; George Wharton Edwards; Parker
Edwards; Mrs. William Stamps Farish; the Houston Friends of Art; Angela MacDonnell; Mrs. Justine Franklin
McGuire; the Smithsonian Institution; Harmand Teplow; the University Club of Houston; Robert C. Vose,
in memory of Seth M. Vose; Nelson Waggener; Emile Walters; and Irene Weir, all by exchange
10. Lucas Cranach the Elder, German, 1472–1553, The Suicide of Lucretia, 1529, oil on wood,
Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
11. George Stubbs, English, 1724–1806, Truss, A Hunter, 1802, oil on canvas,
Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
12. Gustave Courbet, French, 1819–1877, The Gust of Wind, c. 1865, oil on canvas,
gift of Caroline Wiess Law
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13. Eugène Delacroix, French, 1798–1863, Shipwreck on the Coast, 1862, oil on canvas,
museum purchase with funds provided by the Agnes Cullen Arnold Endowment Fund
14. Pablo Picasso, European Art Galleries. Visit gallery 227 to view paintings and sculpture by Pablo Picasso.
15. Georgia O’Keeffe, American Art Galleries. Visit gallery 108 to view paintings by Georgia O’Keeffe.
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The Audrey Jones Beck Building
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
The MFAH Education Center receives generous funding from The Kinder Foundation.
The ExxonMobil School Tour program receives generous funding from ExxonMobil. Additional support is provided by the Junior League of Houston, Inc.
All education programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive endowment income from funds provided by Caroline Wiess Law; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the William Randolph
Hearst Foundation; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Louise Jarrett Moran Bequest; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art Fund; the Favrot Fund; and Gifts
in honor of Beth Schneider.