In my opinion, the Art Institute of Chicago is the best art museum in the US. It has a huge collection of classic and modern art. Admission is $25. The museum is closed Tue & Wed.
The Grand Staircase entrance.
Sculpture at the top of the Grand Staircase.
Paris Street Rainy Day by Caillebotte, 1877
Two Sisters (on the Terrace) by Renoir, 1881
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte-1884 by Seurat, 1884-86
Madame Roulin Rocking the Cradle by van Gogh, 1889
Self-Portrait by van Gogh, 1887
Equestrienne (at the Cirque Fernando) by Toulouse-Lautrec, 1887-88
Water Lily Pond by Monet, 1900
Woman with Dog by Katharina Fritsch, 2004.
Liz #3 by Andy Warhol, 1963.
Self-Portrait by Andy Warhol, 1964
Twelve Jackies by Warhol, 1964.
Target by Jasper Johns, 1961.
"Untitled" by Feliz Gonzalez-Torres, 1991. It's basically a pile of candy. Visitors took a piece here and there. Anyone can have this installation in their home.
Steel by Daniel Hirst, 1994. It was basically a cabinet with medical and laboratory equipment. Art is in the eye of the beholder.
Woman III by Lichtenstein, 1982.
Artist's Studio--Foot Medication by Lichtenstein, 1974, inspired by Matisse's Red Studio.
Woman in a Tub by Koons, 1955.
Rabbit by Jeff Koons, 1956. I like his balloon art better.
Greyed Rainbow by Jackson Pollock, 1953.
Walking Man II by Alberto Giacometti, 1960.
The Policeman by Joan Miro, 1925.
The Key by Jackson Pollock, 1946.
On the Threshold of Liberty by Rene Magritte, 1937.
White Negree II by by Constantin Brancusi, 1928. It's not a fish. Rather, it's an African woman.
The Old Guitarist by Picasso, 1903.
Man with a Pipe by Picasso, 1915.
Mother & Child by Picasso, 1921.
The Red Armchair by Picasso, 1931.
Portrait of Sylvette David by Picasso, 1954
Nude Under a Pine Tree by Picasso, 1959.
Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red and Gray by Piet Mondrian, 1921,
Fleeing Ghost by Paul Klee, 1929.
Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz by Modigliani, 1916.
Bathers by a River by Matisse, 1917.
The Waterfall by Henri Rousseau, 1910
The American Windows, a series of 6 windows by Marc Chagall, 1976.
The Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room was reconstructed in the Art Institute of Chicago in 1976-1977. Today, the space can be rented for events.
Nighthawks by Edward Hopper, 1942.
American Gothic by Grant Wood, 1930.
Cow's Skull with Calico Roses by Georgia O'Keeffe, 1931.
Abiquiu Sand Hills & Mesa by Georgia O'Keeffe, 1945.
Peru--Machu Picchu, Morning Light by Georgia O'Keeffe, 1957.
Mrs. George Swinton (Elizabeth Ebsworth) by John Singer Sargent, 1897.
The Child's Bath by Mary Cassatt, 1893.
The Herring Net by Winslow Homer, 1885.
Hanging Head Dragonfly Shade on Mosaic and Turtleback Base by Tiffany Studios, 1906.
Sky Above Clouds IV by Georgia O'Keefe, 1965.
Polynesian Woman with Children by Paul Gauguin, 1901.
Yellow Dancers (In the Wings) by Edgar Degas, 1876.
Winged Goblet by Dutch or Flemish artist, 1670-1690.
The Assumption of the Virgen by El Greco, 1579.
Zoomed in view of a little boy.
The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist by Peter Paul Rubens, 1615.
Danae by Titian, 1554.
The Artist's House at Argenteuil by Claude Monet, 1873.
Closeup of the little boy in a dress playing with a hoop.
Adam by Auguste Rodin, 1924.
The Hartwell Memorial Window by Tiffany Studios.
Closeup of streaky glass tehnique in the Hartwell Window.
The last exhibit we visited were miniature rooms--made with scale of 1 inch to 1 foot. This was a French Library.of Louis XV period. They were very detailed and were meant to showcase interior design.
Dining room of Virginia, circa 1752.
2022 09 01
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