Bass Collection Opens At Kimbell Art Museum In Fort Worth

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The public will get a look at art from the private collection of some late Texas philanthropists.

The exhibit called "The Collection of Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass" opens Sunday at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth.

Museum officials say the Fort Worth couple's collection of late 19th- and 20th-century art began on a 1961 trip to Europe.

The Basses eventually acquired pieces by van Gogh, Picasso, Monet  and Renoir.

The exhibit, featuring more than three dozen works of art, runs through May 24.

Perry Bass was the nephew and heir of Fort Worth oil tycoon Sid Richardson. Perry Bass died in 2006. His wife died in 2013.

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