Chicago, IL
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| Transit Station Selfie! |
Back to the Art Institute
Today we headed back to The Art Institute for their member hour. We paid for a year membership so we are going to try to squeeze as much out of it as we can in a month. It's really great to have the whole museum to yourself for an hour (if you choose the right areas). Our adventure began with an adventure as it always does when you ride transit.
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| The California Station has a heating area for those cold winter days. |
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| We rode up front so we could see out the driver's window (the driver actually sits on the right side). |
After our train ride we made our way into the museum and started in the Impressionist area.
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| On the Bank of the Seine - Claude Monet |
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| Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare - Claude Monet |
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| The Laundress - Pierre-Auguste Renior |
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| Membership has its privileges |
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| A Sunday on La Grande Jatte - 1884 - George Seurat |
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| The little girl in the center if the painting is the only character looking at the viewer. |
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Terrace and Observation Deck at the Moulin de Blute-Fin, Montmartre
- Vincent van Gogh |
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| Arlesiennes (Mistral) - Paul Gauguin |
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| Madame Roulin Rocking the Cradle - Vincent van Gogh |
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| The Drinkers - Vincent van Gogh |
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| Ballet Dancers - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec |
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| The hand looked like a snake biting and ankle to me. |
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| This looked like Donna and the lady in the painting looking around the corner at eachother |
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Stack of Wheat (Snow Effect, Overcast Day & Thaw, Sunset) - Claude Monet
Monet painted the same stacks of wheat 25 times under different conditions. |
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| Charing Cross Bridge, London - Claude Monet |
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| Houses of Parliament, London - Claude Monet |
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| Water Lily Pond - Claude Monet |
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| Donna caught me getting impressions |
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| Nighthawks - Edward Hopper |
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| Untitled - Jackson Pollack |
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| The Rock - Peter Blume |
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| Donna with Nighthawks and others all to herself. |
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Picture of Dorian Gray - Ivan Albright
This was actually painted for the 1945 adaption of Oscar Wilde's 1891 novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. There is an interesting video essay about this and other movie paintings here. |
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| Nightlife - Archibald John Motley Jr. |
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| Cotton Pickers - Thomas Hart Benton |
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| American Gothic - Grant Wood |
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| Train Station - Walter Ellison |
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| Red Hills with Flowers - Georgia O'Keeffe |
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| Super Table - Stuart Davis |
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| Must Stand Up Straight.... |
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| Clock - Paul T. Frankl |
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| Vase - Frederick Carder of the Corning Co. |
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The Fountain, Villa Torlonia Frascati, Italy - John Singer Sargent
I have become a John Singer Sargent fan. This is an interesting essay on him. |
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| Madame Paul Escudier - John Singer Sargent |
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| Rehersal of the Pasdeloup Orchestra at the Cirque d'Hiver - John Singer Sargent |
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In the Cafe' - Fernand Lungren
I really like paintings that make me want to be in the place where it takes place. This is one of those. |
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| Bathers by a River - Henry Matisse |
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| Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler - Pablo Picasso |
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| Man with Pipe - Pablo Picasso |
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| Reminiscence of a Cathedral - Frantisek Kupka |
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| The Praying Jew - Marc Chagall |
After getting our fill of art for the day we made our way up to the Members Lounge, again to get full value. We sat and had coffee and talked about our time in Chicago so far.
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| Coffee with Spoon and Empty Sugar Packet - Jon Sieker |
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| I chose not to look at the camera and it turned out interesting. |
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| We exited through the gift shop and each of the BIG POPULAR paintings had a display like this. |
After the museum we walked around downtown a bit checking out the River Walk and crossing the river a few times on bridges. Chicago is great.
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| Someone put the Bent in Benton Place. |
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| This sign was on our walk from the train very close to our Airbnb. |
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| It is, indeed, a strange dog. |
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