Drop-in Tour | Seascapes from European Painting
Gustave Courbet, Seascape, c. 1865, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jack I. Poses.
June 2024
Artists have painted the mercurial nature of the sea and ocean for centuries, from powerful squalls to calm tranquility. On this guided tour, investigate the ways European artists have depicted human interactions with water, from the shore to the eye of the storm.
Plan Your Visit
- This tour is free with Museum admission. Meet your docent in the lobby of the Beck Building.
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All Learning and Interpretation programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive generous support from H-E-B; Institute of Museum and Library Services; Sempra Foundation; the Brown Foundation, Inc.; the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; the Joe Barnhart Foundation; the Cockrell Family Fund; the CFP Foundation; Macey and Harry Reasoner; the Texas Commission on the Arts; and the Junior League of Houston, Inc.
Endowment funds are provided by the Louise Jarrett Moran Bequest; Caroline Wiess Law; Windgate Foundation; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art Fund; the Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; Medha and Shashank Karve; Virginia and Ira Jackson; Jesse H. Jones II; the CFP Foundation; the Favrot Fund; gifts in memory of John Wynne; Neiman Marcus Youth Arts Education; gifts in memory of Peter Lotz; and gifts in honor of Beth Schneider.