Frank and Michelle Hevrdejs
Helen Frankenthaler's Jump Rope, 1971
HOUSTON, TEXAS–This well-connected couple has assembled an extraordinary collection of American still-life painting — canvases that fittingly will be gifted to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. “Two Centuries of American Still-Life Painting: The Frank and Michelle Hevrdejs Collection” was exhibited at the MFAH in 2017, featuring rare works by 19th-century painters (John Frederick Peto, George W. Platt, Claude Raguet Hirst, Joseph Decker) as well as 20th-century masters (Marsden Hartley, Max Weber, Georgia O’Keeffe). Recently the couple established The Michelle Hevrdejs Collection of Modern Art with a concentration on Abstract Expressionism, especially works by women artists who were left in the shadows — a collection of first- and second-generation women Ab-Ex painters, in addition to living women artists, that now numbers 89 paintings and six sculptures, including works by Elaine de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler, Mary Abbott, Perle Fine, Chakaia Booker.
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The Frank and Michelle Hevrdejs Collection includes still-lifes by John Frederick Peto, George W. Platt, Claude Raguet Hirst, Joseph Decker, Marsden Hartley, Max Weber, Georgia O’Keeffe; The Michelle Hevrdejs Collection of Modern Art includes works by Elaine de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler, Mary Abbott, Perle Fine, Chakaia Booker
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Their entire exhibition on view in 2017 at the MFAH, “Two Centuries of American Still-Life Painting: The Frank and Michelle Hevrdejs Collection,” featured promised gifts to the museum, where Frank is a life trustee.
