The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden

Coordinates: 29°43′35.6″N 95°23′26.2″W / 29.726556°N 95.390611°W / 29.726556; -95.390611

The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden
Established	April 1986
Location	Houston, TX. Montrose Boulevard & Bissonnet Street
Type	Sculpture Park
Collection size	25
Website	The Cullen Sculpture Garden

The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden is a sculpture garden located at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFAH) in Houston, TX. The garden consists of 25 works of the MFAH, including sculptures by Henri Matisse, Alexander Calder, David Smith, Frank Stella, and Louise Bourgeois. There are also sculptures created specifically for the site, including Ellsworth Kelly's Houston Triptych and Tony Cragg's New Forms. The garden also features works by local Texas artists, including Joseph Havel's Exhaling Pearls, Jim Love's Can Johnny Come Out And Play?, and Linda Ridgway's The Dance.^[1]

History

In 1969, The Brown Foundation, Inc provided the funds to purchase two city blocks making it feasible for the MFAH to construct a formal sculpture garden. The garden was designed by New York-based artist, landscape-architect Isamu Noguchi.^[2] In 1978, Houston City Council motion number 78-986 declared the museum to be named The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden in recognition of the couple's contributions to the city's art and medical communities. Construction of the garden began on February 6, 1984, and the garden officially opened to the public on April 5, 1986.

Gallery

Pieces from the Cullen Sculpture Garden

Adam, by Émile-Antoine Bourdelle   A mural on the southern wall of the garden.

See Also

	Houston portal
	Visual arts portal

• Museum of Fine Arts (Houston)
• Isamu Noguchi

Notes

1. ^ "Visit the Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Scuplture Garden". Artshound. http://www.artshound.com/event/detail/3153/Visit_The_Lillie_and_Hugh_Roy_Cullen_Sculpture_Garden. Retrieved 8 July 2011. 
2. ^ "A Sculpture for Sculpture". The Cullen Sculpture Garden Website. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. http://prv.mfah.org/sculpturegarden/sculpture.asp. Retrieved 8 July 2011. 

External Links

• The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden