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Chicago Art Institute

Georges-Pierre Seurat,Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte 1884 – 1886

Edward Hopper, Nighthawks,1942


Grant Wood, American Gothic(1930)

 

The collection of the Art Institute of Chicago encompasses more than 5,000 years of human expression from cultures around the world and contains more than 260,000 works of art. The art institute holds works of art ranging from as early as the Japanese prints to the most updated American art.

Today, the museum is most famous for its collections of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and American paintings. Included in the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collection are more than 30 paintings by Claude Monet including six of his Haystacks and a number of Water Lilies. Also in the collection are important works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir such as Two Sisters (On the Terrace) and Henri Matisse's The Bathers, Paul Cézanne's The Basket of Apples, and Madame Cézanne in a Yellow Chair.

At the Moulin Rouge by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is another highlight, as are Georges Seurat's Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte and Gustave Caillebotte's Paris Street; Rainy Day. Non-French paintings of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collection include Vincent Van Gogh's Bedroom in Arles and Self-portrait, 1887.

Among the most important works of the American collection are Grant Wood's American Gothic and Edward Hopper's Nighthawks.

In addition to paintings, the Art Institute offers a number of other works. Located on the lower level are the Thorne Miniature Rooms which 1:12 scale interiors showcasing American, European and Asian architectural and furniture styles from the Middle Ages to the 1930's (when the rooms were constructed).[3]

Another special feature of the museum is the Touch Gallery which is specially designed for the visually impaired. It features several works which museum guests are encouraged to experience though the sense of touch instead of through sight as well as specially designed description plates written in braille.[4]

The American Decorative Arts galleries contain furniture pieces designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and Charles and Ray Eames. The Ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman galleries hold the mummy and mummy case of Paankhenamun, as well as several gold and silver coins.

Directions from Ramada…

Take the Metra Train just two blocks south of the hotel to the Randolph Street Station (cost approximately $3.00 one way) Walk two blocks south to the Museum entrance on Michigan Ave

The Art Institute of Chicago, 111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60603-6404

Museum Hours
Monday–Wednesday,
10:30–5:00
Thursday,
10:30–8:00
(Free Admission 5:00–8:00)
Friday,
10:30–5:00
Saturday–Sunday,
10:00–5:00

http://www.artic.edu/aic/