The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
| museum, art museum / art gallery
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Illinois /
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Chicago, Illinois /
South Michigan Avenue, 111
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World / United States / Illinois
museum, art museum / art gallery
The Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's premier fine art museums as well as an art school. The Museum is especially known for its extensive collection of Impressionist and American art. It boasts an extended collection of master works garnering international praise, including works by Picasso, Rembrandt, Monet, Van Gogh and many others. Its building was designed c. 1893 by Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge.
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Specific works of note include "American Gothic," by Grant Wood (possibly the most widely satirized work of art in the world), Picasso's "Guitar Player" and Seurat's pointillist masterpiece "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of the Grande Jatte" (see the interior photograph with Seurat's masterpiece above). The collection also includes artistic works from many cultures, including ancient Egypt and China, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
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111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603
(312) 443-3600
www.artic.edu/aic/
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Specific works of note include "American Gothic," by Grant Wood (possibly the most widely satirized work of art in the world), Picasso's "Guitar Player" and Seurat's pointillist masterpiece "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of the Grande Jatte" (see the interior photograph with Seurat's masterpiece above). The collection also includes artistic works from many cultures, including ancient Egypt and China, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=qzcy5k7py68q&style=o&...
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603
(312) 443-3600
www.artic.edu/aic/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Institute_of_Chicago
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°52'46"N 87°37'21"W
- Museum Campus 1.2 km
- Morton Arboretum 40 km
- Cantigny Park 45 km
- Aurora Municipal Airport (AUZ/KARR) 73 km
- Hesston Steam Museum 79 km
- Illinois Railway Museum (IRM) 85 km
- Midway Village Museum 122 km
- Alamo 167 km
- International Crane Foundation 255 km
- Old Town Neighborhood 271 km
- Chicago Loop 0.2 km
- Millennium Park 0.3 km
- Maggie Daley Park 0.4 km
- Grant Park 0.4 km
- Jewelry District 0.4 km
- New East Side District 0.8 km
- Monroe Harbor 0.9 km
- Lakeshore East 0.9 km
- Theater District 1 km
- Chicago Harbor 1.6 km
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