The Art World in Chicago
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The Art World in Chicago
Items in the The Art World in Chicago Collection
The Art Institute of Chicago-Historic Image
The exterior of the Art Institute of Chicago Building at 111 S. Michigan in 1890s to 1900s.
Portrait of Mrs. Palmer
A Portrait of Bertha Honore Palmer (1849-1918). Palmer was serious patron of the arts and was invited to lecture at the Art Institute of Chicago. She also made a generous bequest to the Art Institute of Chicago and formed the core of the museum’s…
Fountain of the Great Lakes with a Flock of Pigeons
An image of Foundation of Great Lakes in the 1900s surrounded by a flock of pigeons. It is used as the "then" shot to compare the modern day landscape.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago-Historic Image
Historic photograph of the Lake View Building in 1880s-1890s that housed the Art Institute under the stewardship of Charles L. Hutchinson until it moved to the modern day location on Michigan Avenue in 1893.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Black and White photograph of Georgia O'Keeffe as a young woman captured by photographer Alfred Stieglitz.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago and African American Artists
Cover of the catalogue for Negro in Art Week hosted by the Chicago Art Institute and Chicago Woman's Club
The Cliff Dwellers Club-Historic Image
Exterior of Orchestra Hall (220 S. Michigan Ave.)-the location of the Cliff Dwellers Club. Various club members were associated and supported the Art Institute greatly.
A.C. McClurg & Co. Building designed by Holabird & Roche-Historic Image
An image of the Holabird & Roche designed McClurg Stationers and Booksellers Building at 215 S. Wabash Ave. It was the home of the Brush and Pencil Magazine from 1897-1907.
Chicago Academy of Design-Historic Image
A drawn image of the Crosbys' Opera House on Washington Street that held the meeting that spurred the creation of a school for the Fine Arts or Chicago Academy of Design and later the Art Institute of Chicago.
The Record-Herald Building or Home of the Fine Arts Journal-Historic Image
The exterior of the Record-Herald Building, which housed the Fine Arts Journal magazine. The building itself is no longer extant, but it was located at 154 W. Washington Street.
Contemporary Image of "Monument With Standing Beast"
![Contemporary Image of "Monument With Standing Beast"](https://mail.digitalchicagohistory.org/files/thumbnails/93c8465989410ddc34a3552957b56442.jpg "Contemporary Image of "Monument With Standing Beast"")
Sculpture titled "Monument With Standing Beast" by the artist Jean Dubuffet in 1984 and located in front of the James R. Thompson Center at 100 W. Randolph Street.
Contemporary Image of the Art Institute of Chicago
The exterior Entrance to the Art Institute of Chicago building, 111 S. Michigan.
Contemporary Image of the Fountain of the Great Lakes
Outside image of the Fountain of the Great Lakes in the South Garden.
Contemporary Image of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Modern day Lake View Building that houses SAIC
Contemporary Image of the Cliff Dwellers Club
Exterior of Orchestra Hall (220 S. Michigan Ave.)-the once location of the Cliff Dwellers Club.
Contemporary Exterior of the Fine Arts Building
A modern day long shot of the exterior of the Fine Arts Building and Albert Roullier Art Rooms.
Contemporary Detail of the Exterior of the Fine Arts Building
Fine Arts Building Front Exterior and Front Entrance
Contemporary Image of the Interior of the Fine Arts Building
This is the modern day interior of the 7th Floor of the Fine Arts Building or the once Albert Roullier Art Rooms.
Albert Roullier Art Rooms at the Fine Arts Building and Annex-Historic Image
Interior Image of the Main Entrance to the Fine Arts Building Albert Roullier Art Rooms (7th Floor).
The Fine Arts Building and Annex Main Entrance-Historic Image
A 1907 image of the Fine Arts Building Main Entrance housed between the Auditorium Hotel and The Chicago Club. Within the FIne Arts Building were the Albert Roullier Art Rooms.
Contemporary Exterior of the Brush and Pencil Magazine Building-The McClurg Building
The once site of the home of the Brush and Pencil Magazine or otherwise known as the McClurg Building as seen in the year 2016.
Cover Page of the Brush and Pencil Magazine
The January 1907 Cover Page of the Brush and Pencil: An Illustrated Magazine of the Arts To-Day (Vol. XIX No. 1)
The Chicago Academy of Design Building
A modern day image of the location 12-30 W. Washington where the once Chicago Academy of Design and the later Art Institute was housed and now hosts a television studio and a shopping mall.
Contemporary Marshall Field's & Co. (Macy's) Store in Downtown Chicago
The exterior street view of Marshall Field and Company store and 1907 State and Washington Corner Great clock. The store, both a National and City Landmark, is official modern day house of Macy's department store.
Contemporary Exterior of the Fine Arts Journal Building-The Record-Herald Building
The once site of the Record-Herald Building or the home of the Fine Arts Journal. THe building is now no longer extant in the year of 2016, but the estimated location is at 154 W. Washington Blvd.
Cover Page of the Fine Arts Journal
Cover of the January 1910 Fine Art Journal: Devoted to Art Music & Literature
The Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago
Outside View of the Art Institute Chicago Modern Wing Building at Night
Bertha Honoré Palmer
Mrs. Bertha Honoré Palmer, wife of Potter Palmer, a wealthy socialite in Chicago society at the turn of the 20th century.