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This section of the Tobin Collection includes opera and theater designers, some of whom were also painters or sculptors, such as Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse.

The American portion of the vast Tobin Collection includes works by well-known Broadway designers who created scenes for productions such as Damn Yankees and South Pacific.

The diverse paintings, prints, and sculpture on view here focus on American art after 1945. Works by various noted Texan artists are also displayed.

Many of the key works in this exceptional collection were selected by McNay herself. She liked to collect transitional or unusual works by famous artists. Displayed here are later works by Cézanne and Van Gogh, a powerful painting by Gauguin, a Picasso that combines analytic with synthetic Cubism, and paintings by many other famous artists.

A rich collection of works by American artists, including Arthur Dove, Georgia O’Keeffe, John Marin, Max Weber, and Edward Hopper, whose Corn Hill is one of the most popular paintings at the museum.

The focus in this gallery is on 19th-century French and American, 20th-century Mexican and German Expressionist, and post-1960 American prints and drawings. Works by John, Cassatt, Rivera, and Picasso are part of the collection.

Designed by noted architects, Atlee and Robert Ayres, this 24-room mansion is in itself a work of art. McNay’s home until her death in 1950, Sunset Hills is now a modern museum.

This fascinating collection of Renaissance and medieval sculpture and paintings was donated by the Frederic Oppenheimer family. The rich-hued works feature religious subjects.

Most of the religious art (known as santos) were collected by McNay in the1920s and 30s, when religious folk-art was being replaced with mass-produced art. On display are retablos (paintings) and hand-crafted bultos (sculpture).

Sculpture enhances every aspect of this museum’s collection and many works are displayed in the landscaped grounds. Highlights include works by Henry Moore, George Rickey, and Rodin.