Degas museum of modern art houston

When the pandemic caused borders to close, travel restrictions to rise, and venues to close, open, and then close again, it left a lot of folks stranded in places far from their homes. That included a group of guys with last names like Van Gogh, Renoir, Monet, Degas, Cézanne and Pissarro.

Well, at least the worksof those artists and others who cut their teeth (and brushes) during the heyday of French Impressionism in the late 19th century.

And after a COVID-delayed and truncated showing at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia this summer, some 90 paintings and 15 prints were on their way back to their permanent home at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

But through some Curatorial Black Magic and the silver-tongued workings (and fundraising) of Museum of Fine Art, Houston Director Gary Tinterow, the exhibit Incomparable Impressionism from the Muse