IMPRESSIONIST AND POST-IMPRESSIONIST MASTERPIECES FROM THE PEARLMAN FOUNDATION OPENS MAY 21 AT THE MFAH

THE EXHIBITION WILL PRESENT SIGNATURE PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES FROM THE DISTINGUISHED HENRY & ROSE PEARLMAN

FOUNDATION COLLECTION OF IMPRESSIONIST, POST-IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART

Kathleen Coleman, Arts Editor

works from the renowned collection assembled in the second half of the 20th century by New York collectors Henry and Rose Pearlman.

Paintings and sculptures by Cézanne, Manet, Degas, Gauguin, van Gogh, Pissarro, Toulouse-Lautrec, Modigliani, Soutine, Lipchitz and others will be seen within the context of their experience of transience – regional, national, and international. It will explore the friendships the artists developed in Paris, as well as the many varied locations and sites that shaped their work. The exhibition will be on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston from May 21 through September 17, 2023.

collection outside of its home at Princeton University. For this presentation, we will be juxtaposing Pearlman pictures with works from the MFAH collection in order to broaden the representation of the artists, as well as to highlight Henry Pearlman’s distinctive point of view.”

Ann Dumas, MFAH consulting curator of European art, noted, “Henry Pearlman was fascinated by both the art and the lived experiences of the artists he collected. He was interested in work that reflected not only creative experimentation, but also meaningful exchanges and relationships between painters and sculptors. He was especially drawn to artists whose travels and emigration stimulated creative exchange and innovation, and so his collection highlights the dynamic and increasingly international artistic crossroads of Paris during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.”

The installation’s organization will explore relationships, both personal and artistic, between artists, broader cultural movements and Pearlman as a collector. The pairing of Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin alludes to their mutual influence.

In the late 19th and into the early 20th century, European artists’ ability to travel along newly industrialized railway lines, and cross paths and share ideas, led to the transmission and evolution of varied artistic styles.

Impressionist and PostImpressionist Masterpieces from the Pearlman Foundation will present 38 outstanding

“Henry Pearlman’s highly personal approach to collecting sought to capture the momentum of art and thought at the dawn of the modern era,” commented Gary Tinterow, Director and Margaret Alkek Williams Chair, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. “This exhibition is an exceptionally rare opportunity for visitors to see this distinguished