Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago

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Highlights of the Collection

Edited by James Rondeau

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An updated selection of key paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago, featuring works from around the globe and dating from ancient Egypt to the present day

The Art Institute of Chicago, one of the most beloved and important museums in the world, houses an extraordinary collection of objects from diverse places, cultures, and time periods. This beautiful catalogue opens the doors of the museum to readers, presenting an expansive selection of painted works from around the globe, introduced insightfully by James Rondeau, president and director of the Art Institute. New color photography accompanies entries written by a team of curators, art historians, and educators, which put the works into context. The book showcases a dazzling range of paintings, including an Egyptian funeral portrait, an ancient Mexican wall mural, Chinese scroll paintings, Japanese painted screens, and works by artists such as Caillebotte, Cassatt, El Greco, Gauguin, Homer, Hopper, Johns, Lichtenstein, Matisse, Mitsuoki, Monet, Morisot, Motley, O’Keeffe, Picasso, Pollock, Rembrandt, Richter, Rubens, Sargent, Seurat, Tiepolo, Turner, Van Gogh, Warhol, Whistler, and Wood; contemporary artists featured include Kerry James Marshall, Wanda Pimentel, and Kazuo Shiraga.


Distributed for the Art Institute of Chicago

James Rondeau is President and Eloise W. Martin Director of the Art Institute of Chicago.
ISBN: 9780300225723
Publication Date: May 23, 2017
Publishing Partner: Distributed for the Art Institute of Chicago
184 pages, 11 x 11
171 color illus.
Mark Manders

Isolated Rooms

James Rondeau and Dieter Roelstraet

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Film, Video, and New Media at the Art Institute of Chicago

With the Donna and Howard Stone Gift

Lisa Dorin; Foreword by James Rondeau

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Contemporary Collecting

The Donna and Howard Stone Collection

James Rondeau; With an essay by Judith Russi Kirshner

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The Judith Neisser Collection

Minimal and Postminimal Innovation

James Rondeau; With an essay by Anne Rorimer

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Edlis/Neeson Collection

The Art Institute of Chicago

James Rondeau

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Tomma Abts

Edited by James Rondeau and Lekha Hileman Waitoller; With e

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