Art Institute Of Chicago Impressionist Paintings

Discover art by van gogh picasso warhol more in the art institute s collection spanning 5 000 years of creativity.

Art institute of chicago impressionist paintings.

Of the art institute s 33 monet paintings just two were purchased by the museum. The rest were donated by local collectors starting in the 1920s. The works included here are highlights from our wide ranging collection. The art institute s holdings of late 19th century french art are among the largest and finest in the world and feature some of the most well known and well loved works in the museum.

The collection is renowned worldwide for its extensive and outstanding holdings of impressionist and post impressionist works. Today the museum s 33 paintings and 13 drawings constitute the largest collection of works by the artist outside of paris. 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. Chicago is home to more claude monet paintings than any city other than paris.

Canning patrick florizoone and nancy ireson anna swinbourne debora silverman and kimberly j. In fact prints and drawings made up nearly half of the works in the eight impressionist exhibitions held in paris between 1874 and 1886. That s because the works of the famous french impressionist made a strong impression on local collectors beginning in the 1880s. Although impressionism is most closely associated with oil painting during the late 19th century impressionist artists increasingly began to exhibit and market their prints and drawings as finished works of art.

Monet paintings and drawings at the art institute of chicago and renoir paintings and drawings at the art institute of. 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.