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Francis Bacon (artist) (1909–1992), 1 painting (Figure with Meat): Artic Jo Baer (born 1929), 1 painting : Artic Giovanni Baglione (1566–1643), 1 painting : Artic
Chicago Park District: More images: Statue of Alexander von Humboldt: Humboldt Park: 1892 () Felix Görling Sculpture: Bronze: Chicago Park District: Bronze Cow Statue: Chicago Cultural Center: 2001 () Peter Hanig: Sculpture: Bronze: Height: 4.5 feet (1.4 m) Length: 8 feet (2.4 m) [2] Buckingham Fountain: Grant Park
The collection of the Art Institute of Chicago encompasses more than 5,000 years of human expression from cultures around the world and contains more than 300,000 works of art in 11 curatorial departments, ranging from early Japanese prints to the art of the Byzantine Empire to contemporary American art. It is principally known for one of the ...
In 2010, Sixty Inches From Center was established and includes The Chicago Arts Archive, a web publication focusing on visual art in Chicago. [69] Additionally, Chicago Artists Resource, launched by the Department of Cultural Affairs in 2005, provides articles on visual art in addition to providing resources and tools for Chicago artists.
The Chicago Society of Artists is a non-profit organization. The "CSA is the oldest continuing association of artists in the United States. Since its inception and incorporation in 1889, the Chicago Society of Artists has had two primary objectives – the advancement of art in the Chicago area and cultivation of the production and display of member art works".
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[4] [5] Its exhibitions have featured the artwork of Osvaldo Budet, Elizam Escobar, Antonio Martorell, Ramon Frade Leon, and Lizette Cruz, in addition to local Chicago or Puerto Rican artists. [6] The Institute also sponsors music events including an annual Navi-Jazz performance, described as a "fusion of Puerto Rican and African American ...
Eleanor Roosevelt at the dedication of South Side Community Art Center (May 7, 1941). Efforts to open a community art center on Chicago's South Side began in 1938. Peter Pollack, a Federal Art Project official, contacted Metz Lochard, an editor at the Chicago Defender, about having the Art Project sponsor exhibitions of African American artists, who often had trouble securing space to display ...