Franz Mayer
and Miss Hogg were both born in 1882 and both died in 1975. At
her home Bayou Bend, Texas philanthropist and art patron Ima Hogg
created an outstanding collection of American painting, furniture,
and decorative arts produced between 1640 and 1880. At the same
time, in Mexico City, Franz Mayer built a collection of Mexican
colonial art produced during the three centuries that Spain ruled
Mexico, 1521 to 1821. A prominent financier, he amassed a superb
collection of paintings, sculpture, furniture, and decorative
arts. Ima Hogg left her collection, home, and gardens to the Museum
of Fine Arts, Houston for the enjoyment and education of the people
of Texas. Franz Mayer willed his collection, along with his fortune,
to the people of Mexico.
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