Art Institute Of Chicago Impressionist Paintings

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Art institute of chicago impressionist paintings.

That s because the works of the famous french impressionist made a strong impression on local collectors beginning in the 1880s. Monet paintings and drawings at the art institute of chicago and renoir paintings and drawings at the art institute of. Discover art by van gogh picasso warhol more in the art institute s collection spanning 5 000 years of creativity. Chicago is home to more claude monet paintings than any city other than paris.

Paintings from the art institute collection and from private collections have come together in a show called monet and chicago. In fact prints and drawings made up nearly half of the works in the eight impressionist exhibitions held in paris between 1874 and 1886. The rest were donated by local collectors starting in the 1920s. Among the more than 70 paintings in the exhibition from the art institute s exemplary holdings and esteemed chicago based collections are beloved major works as well as rarely seen still lifes figural scenes seascapes and landscapes spanning his long career.

Of the art institute s 33 monet paintings just two were purchased by the museum. Canning patrick florizoone and nancy ireson anna swinbourne debora silverman and kimberly j. The works included here are highlights from our wide ranging collection. The collection is renowned worldwide for its extensive and outstanding holdings of impressionist and post impressionist works.

The more than 600 paintings sculptures and works on paper in this area feature dozens by caillebotte degas monet manet renoir van gogh gauguin and rodin as well as the seminal painting by georges. Welcome to the art institute s online scholarly catalogues.