Return to Art Page Below are links to pages about various paintings and artists from the Art Institute of Chicago. I'm performing this research to improve my knowledge and appreciation of art.
| Artist | Painting | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Blume | "The Rock" | American magical surrealist |
| Stuart Davis | "Ready to Wear" | Pioneer of American abstraction |
| Jean Dubuffet | "Genuflection of the Bishop" | French champion of both the elimination and exaggeration of human presence in art |
| Katharina Fritsch | "Monk" | German sculpter |
| František Kupka | "Reminiscence of a Cathedral" | Pioneer of combining color, light, and geometry in abstraction |
| Fernand Léger | "Reclining Woman" | French creator of "Machine Art" |
| Franz Marc | "The Bewitched Mill" | German expressionist favoring animals, who used bright colors and almost cubist approach |
| René Magritte | "The Air and the Song" | Belgian surrealist |
| Henri Matisse | "Lemons on a Pewter Plate" | French leader of Les Fauves |
| Matta | "The Earth is a Man" | Specialist in an "active" form of surrealism reminiscent of science fiction art |
| Joan Miró | "Personages with Stars" | Catalonian Surrealist who disliked the medium of painting, but still excelled at it |
| Georgia O'Keeffe | "Blue and Green Music" | Champion of close-up flowers and southwestern motifs |
| Diego Rivera | "The Weaver" | Mexican painter of the people |
| Auguste Rodin | "Adam" | Master of emotional bronze castings |
| Clyfford Still | Untitled | Post-industrial abstract expressionist |
Note: The gallery numbers mentioned in the artist research pages are the galleries that the paintings were in at the time of research. Paintings are often moved between galleries, brought in and out of storage, or loaned to other institutions. Gallery numbers were originally used in my research to provide a convient way to flow through the museum picking artists. However, due to movement in the galleries, and due to some galleries having many artists, I will undoubtedly repeat galleries in the future after I have proceeded further along in the periods.