The Art Institute of Chicago part 2

Vincent van Gogh

Dutch, 1853-1890

Self-Portrait, 1887

A few years ago I was on a cross country drive from Baltimore to San Diego and stopped in Chicago for a few days along the way.The Art Institute of Chicago is a world famous museum and one of the top ten major museums in America. I had one hour to run thru this world famous museum. I ended up missing the American collection of art but I did see the European collection.

Today we are exploring European painting and sculpture & decorative arts. The museums collection is considered one of the finest in the world. The collection of European painting contains more than 3,500 works dating from the 12th through the mid-20th century. Holdings include a rare group of 15th-century Spanish, Italian and Northern European paintings, highlights of European sculpture, and an important selection of 17th- and 18th-century paintings. Major Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works and classic Modern works are among its most significant holdings.


 

Auguste Rodin

French, 1840–1917

Adam, modeled c. 1881

Auguste Rodin

French, 1840–1917

Adam, modeled c. 1881

Cabinetmaker: attributed to Jean-Pierre Latz, c. 1691-1754

France Clockworkmaker: Francis Bayley, 18th century

Belgium Wall Clock, 1735/40

Jacques Dubois, c.1693-1763

France, Paris

Writing Desk (Secretaire en pente), c. 1745/49

Austrian, Vienna

Fall-Front Desk, 1810/12

Austrian, Vienna

Armchair, 1820/25

German, Berlin

Table, c. 1800

Italian

Designer: Filippo Pelagio Palagi, 1775-1860

Cabinetmaker: Gabrielle Cappello, 1900/1925

Designer: Carlo Chivasse

Side Chair (one of a pair), c. 1835

Made by Maison Alphonse Giroux, Paris, under the direction of Veuve Duvinage, active 1874-1882Work Table, c. 1880

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

French, 1841-1919

Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando (Francisca and Angelina Wartenberg), 1879

Pierre-Auguste Renoir French, 1841-1919

Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881

Georges Seurat French, 1859-1891

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte -- 1884, 1884-86

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec French, 1864-1901

At the Moulin Rouge, 1892/95

Vincent van Gogh

Dutch, 1853-1890

Self-Portrait, 1887

Vincent van Gogh

Dutch, 1853-1890

The Bedroom, 1889

Claude Monet

French, 1840-1926

Water Lily Pond, 1900

Paul Gauguin

French, 1848-1903

The Ancestors of Tehamana OR Tehamana Has Many Parents (Merahi metua no Tehamana), 1893

François Boucher

French, 1703–1770 Are They Thinking about the Grape? (Pensent-ils au raisin?), 1747

Jean Léon Gérôme

French, 1824-1904

Portrait of a Woman, 1851

William Adolphe Bouguereau

French, 1825-1905

The Bathers, 1884

Henri Fantin-Latour

French, 1836-1904

Édouard Manet, 1867