Art Institute of Chicago

South Michigan Avenue, 111, Chicago
In 1866, a group of 35 artists founded the Chicago Academy of Design in a studio on Dearborn Street, with the intent to run a free school with its own art gallery. The organization was modeled after European art academies, such as the Royal Academy, with Academicians and Associate Academicians. The Academy's charter was granted in March 1867. When the Great Chicago Fire destroyed the building in 1871 the Academy was thrown into debt. Attempts to continue despite the loss by using rented facilities failed. By 1878, the Academy was $10,000 in debt. Members tried to rescue the ailing institution by making deals with local businessmen, before some finally abandoned it in 1879 to found a new organization, named the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. When the Chicago Academy of Design went bankrupt the same year, the new Chicago Academy of Fine Arts bought its assets at auction. In 1882, the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts changed its name to the current Art Institute of Chicago and elected as its first president the banker and philanthropist Charles L. Hutchinson. 

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Exhibitions

All exibitions
René Magritte. Cannon
Cannon
1937, 238.8×185.4 cm
Jacques-Louis David. Mark Atili Regulus leaving Carthage
Mark Atili Regulus leaving Carthage
1786, 31.5×41.4 cm
Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Jean Renoir sewing
Jean Renoir sewing
1900, 55×46 cm
Juan Gris. Portrait Of Pablo Picasso
Portrait Of Pablo Picasso
1912, 93.3×74.4 cm
€50.00
Digital copy
Pablo Picasso. The old guitarist
The old guitarist
1904, 123×83 cm
Claude Monet. Haystacks at sunset, snow effect
Haystacks at sunset, snow effect
1891, 65.3×100.4 cm
Alberto Giacometti. Walking man II
Walking man II
1960, 188×27.9×111.7 cm
Edward Hopper. Nighthawks
Nighthawks
1942, 84.1×152.4 cm
Marc Chagall. White crucifixion
White crucifixion
1938, 155×140 cm
Rockwell Kent. Mount Equinox. Winter
Mount Equinox. Winter
1921, 86.6×111.9 cm
Georges Seurat. Sunday afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte
Sunday afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte
1886, 207.5×308.1 cm
€50.00
Digital copy
Pablo Picasso. The woman's head (fernande Olivier)
The woman's head (fernande Olivier)
1906
All artworks