Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden facts for kids
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| Established | April 1986 |
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| Location | Houston, Texas, United States |
The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden is a beautiful outdoor space where art and nature come together. Located at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) in Houston, Texas, it's a special type of park called a sculpture garden. This means that amazing sculptures are placed throughout the garden for everyone to enjoy.
The garden was designed by the famous artist and landscape architect Isamu Noguchi. It features over 25 incredible sculptures from the museum's collection. You can see works by world-famous artists like Henri Matisse and Alexander Calder. Some pieces were even made just for this garden, like Houston Triptych by Ellsworth Kelly. The garden also celebrates local talent with sculptures by Texas artists.
How the Garden Was Created
The idea for the sculpture garden began in 1969. The Brown Foundation, Inc. gave money to the museum to buy two city blocks of land. This gave them enough space to build a proper garden for their sculptures.
The museum hired Isamu Noguchi, a well-known artist, to design the garden's layout. In 1978, the Houston City Council decided to name the garden after Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen. This was to honor them for their generous support of art and medicine in the city.
Construction started on February 6, 1984. After two years of work, the Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden officially opened to the public on April 5, 1986.
Amazing Sculptures to Discover
The garden is home to a wide variety of sculptures from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Here are some of the famous artworks you can find there:
- Antoine Bourdelle, Adam (1889)
- Louise Bourgeois, Quarantania I
- Alexander Calder, The Crab (1962)
- Anthony Caro, Argentine (1968)
- Pietro Consagra, Conversation with the Wind (1962)
- Tony Cragg, New Forms
- Raymond Duchamp-Villon, The Large Horse (1914)
- Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale, Natura, no. 18 and Concetto Spaziale, Natura, no. 28
- Alberto Giacometti, Large Standing Woman I
- DeWitt Godfrey, Untitled (1989)
- Joseph Havel, Exhaling Pearls (1993)
- Bryan Hunt, Arch Falls (1981)
- Bryan Hunt, Big Twist (1978)
- Ellsworth Kelly, Houston Triptych (1986)
- Jim Love, Can Johnny Come Out and Play?
- Marino Marini, The Pilgrim
- Henri Matisse, The Back Series (Back I, Back II, Back III, Back IV)
- Joan Miró, Bird
- Mimmo Paladino, The Sound of Night
- Linda Ridgway, The Dance (2000)
- Auguste Rodin, Cybele
- Auguste Rodin, The Spirit of Eternal Repose (1898–1899)
- Auguste Rodin, The Walking Man
- Joel Shapiro, Untitled (1990)
- David Smith, Two Circle Sentinel (1961)
- Frank Stella, Decanter (1987)
- William Tucker, Gymnast II (1985)
- Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar, Recuerdo de Machu Picchu 3 (Las terrazas) (1984)
