Heinz Berggruen's Collection of Modernist Masterpieces on View at MFAH
At the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, an exhibition titled 'Picasso–Klee–Matisse: Masterpieces from the Museum Berggruen' showcases eighty-nine pieces from the Museum Berggruen in Berlin, curated by Dena Woodall and Ann Dumas. This exhibition pays tribute to Heinz Berggruen (1914–2007), a Jewish émigré who escaped Berlin in 1936. The initial gallery features Cézanne's 'Study of an Apple' (c. 1885) alongside Picasso's 'Fruit Bowl with Pear and Apples' (1908). Notable works include Picasso's 'Still Life on a Piano' (1911/12) and 'Portrait of Jaime Sabartés' (1904). Additionally, the exhibition presents 22 Klee works from 1917 to 1939 and will be open until September 13, 2026.
Key facts
- Eighty-nine artworks from the Museum Berggruen, Berlin, are on view at MFAH.
- The exhibition is curated by Dena Woodall and Ann Dumas.
- Heinz Berggruen was born in Berlin in 1914, immigrated to the US in 1936, and worked at SFMOMA.
- Berggruen opened Galerie Berggruen in Paris after WWII and retired in 1980.
- He sold his collection to the German state in 2000 at a discounted sum.
- The show includes works by Picasso, Matisse, Cézanne, Klee, Giacometti, Braque, and Dora Maar.
- Berggruen organized the first-ever exhibition of Matisse's paper cut-outs in 1953.
- The exhibition runs through September 13, 2026, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Entities
Artists
- Pablo Picasso
- Paul Cézanne
- Paul Klee
- Henri Matisse
- Alberto Giacometti
- Georges Braque
- Dora Maar
- Gino Severini
- Vincent van Gogh
- Paul Gauguin
- Georges Seurat
- Wassily Kandinsky
- Piet Mondrian
- John Rewald
- Jaime Sabartés
- Olga Merson
- Caroline Wiess Law
- Ima Hogg
- Lee Miller
- Pierre Matisse
- Guillaume Fabius
- Heinz Berggruen
Institutions
- Museum Berggruen
- Neue Nationalgalerie
- Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- Galerie Berggruen
- Glasstire
- Berggruen & Cie
Locations
- Berlin
- Germany
- Houston
- Texas
- United States
- Paris
- France
- San Francisco
- California
- Saint-Raphaël
- New York City