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Nighthawks in the Art Institute of Chicago. It has been suggested that Hopper was inspired by a short story of Ernest Hemingway's, either "The Killers" (1927), which Hopper greatly admired, [4] or the more philosophical "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" (1933). [5]
American Gothic is a 1930 painting by Grant Wood in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. A character study of a man and a woman portrayed in front of a home, American Gothic is one of the most famous American paintings of the 20th century, and has been widely parodied in American popular culture. [1] [2]
During his time at the Otis Art Institute, White was a mentor for many young Black artists, including Kerry James Marshall, Richard Wyatt Jr., David Hammons, and Alonzo Davis. [6] [9] [24] Marshall reflected that “Under [his] influence I always knew that I wanted to make work that was about something: history, culture, politics, social issues
After Dark, founded by its first editor, William Como and Rudolph Orthwine (both of Dance Magazine), covered a wide range of entertainment- or lifestyle-related topics.In addition to numerous articles on dance, topics ranged from a review of the stage production of the musical Hair in the December 1968 issue [4] and an article on Shirley Bassey in the January 1972 issue, [5] to a cover ...
Lee Bontecou, Into the Void: Prints of Lee Bontecou exhibition held at the Art Institute of Chicago. [5] Alberto Giacometti, Hands Holding the Void (Invisible Object) (1934). [6] Anish Kapoor, has stated that, “That’s what I am interested in: the void, the moment when it isn’t a hole. It is a space full of what isn’t there.” [7]
Situated in Grant Park, it was designed in the Beaux-Arts style by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge of Boston [44] to host national and international meetings held in conjunction with the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, as the World's Congress Auxiliary Building, with the intent that the Art Institute occupy the space after the close of the fair.
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New York Nocturne: The City After Dark In Literature, Painting, and Photography, 1850-1950. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2008. Simpson, Marc and others. Like Breath on Glass: Whistler, Inness, and the Art of Painting Softly. Williamstown, Massachusetts: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2008 (printed by Yale ...