Pleasant Memories of Our Several Visits to the Art Institute of Chicago

This is Part 4 of 10 on my series on Art Museums and Historical Landmarks in the US that Macrine (RIP)and I had visited. Enjoy!!

Macrine (RIP) and I had been residents of Chicago, Illinois during my graduate school years at the University of Illinois from 1960 to 1964. One of our favorite recreation on weekends is to visit the Art Institute of Chicago. We have visited the Art Institute four times during our four years residence in the Windy City. 

The Art Institute of Chicago is a world-renowned art museum housing one of the largest permanent collections in the United States. An encyclopedic museum, the Art Institute collects, preserves, and displays works in every medium from all cultures and historical periods as well as hosts special exhibitions. 

With a collection of more than 260,000 artworks and artifacts, the museum has particularly strong holdings in Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting, early twentieth-century European painting and sculpture, contemporary art, Japanese prints, and photography. In 2009, the museum completed the largest expansion in its 130-year history, the internationally acclaimed Modern Wing designed by Renzo Piano.

Incorporating the latest in green museum technology, the 264,000- square-foot Modern Wing is dedicated to modern and contemporary art, photography, architecture and design, and new museum education facilities. In addition to displaying its permanent collection, the Art Institute mounts approximately forty special exhibitions per year and features daily lectures, gallery tours, and special performances.

 

 

Meanwhile enjoy this painting at the Art Institute:

 

ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR PAINTINGS in the Art Institute

 Seurats a Sunday Afternoon on La-Grande Jatte

 Here's a short video about the Painting

https://www.artic.edu/videos/19/georges-seurats-a-sunday-on-la-grande-jatte-art-institute-essentials-tour