About the museum
The story of the Art Institute of Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago was founded in 1879, and its Beaux-Arts building on Michigan Avenue, guarded by two bronze lions, opened in 1893. Renzo Piano's Modern Wing was added in 2009.
Its collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting is one of the finest outside France, and it also holds icons of American art such as Nighthawks and American Gothic.
The collection
The Art Institute holds about 300,000 works. Its Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collection, built from gifts by Chicago collectors such as Bertha Palmer, includes Seurat's A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, Caillebotte's Paris Street; Rainy Day and series paintings by Monet.
Its American galleries hold Grant Wood's American Gothic and Edward Hopper's Nighthawks, and the Modern Wing shows Picasso's The Old Guitarist, Matisse, Magritte and Dalí.
At ArtLogia you can order 183 of its paintings as hand-painted reproductions, by 107 artists led by Vincent van Gogh, Camille Pissarro and Claude Monet.
- paintings to order
- 183
- artists
- 107
- art movements
- 18
- years covered
- 1434–1930
The building
The Beaux-Arts building on Michigan Avenue, designed by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, was built for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Its two bronze lions by Edward Kemeys have guarded the entrance since 1894, and Renzo Piano's Modern Wing was added in 2009.
Masterpieces to see
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande JatteGeorges Seurat, 1884 · Hand-painted reproduction available- NighthawksFind similar reproductions
American GothicGrant Wood, 1930 · Hand-painted reproduction available
Paris Street; Rainy DayGustave Caillebotte, 1877 · Hand-painted reproduction available
The BedroomPieter de Hooch, 1658 · Hand-painted reproduction available
Planning a visit
The Impressionist galleries are on the second floor of the original building, a short walk from the Grande Jatte.
