{"id":11722,"date":"2022-09-15T21:51:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T01:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/?p=11722"},"modified":"2023-02-17T06:50:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T11:50:42","slug":"the-art-institute-of-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/15\/the-art-institute-of-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art Institute of Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Art Institute of Chicago<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I visited the Art Institute of Chicago<\/a> today – alone as Ooma was feeling unwell. It was my second visit, the first one being when I was in high school, so it was at least 55 years ago. I didn’t remember the building or the location, but I remembered some of the art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting there was surprisingly easy. Our hotel was in Lombard which put us between 40 and 90 minutes away, depending on traffic. I waited until midday so I got the 40-minute end of the spectrum. I was also unsure that parking would be available, but I found the Grant Park South underground garage to be only about 75% full. I was surprised, when I ascended to ground level in the elevator, to be just a half block from the museum. Easy peasy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This museum has a wide variety of very valuable art of all kinds, but I was primarily interested in the impressionist and American paintings. They have all the greats in those categories – van Gogh, Renoir, Gauguin, Monet, Seurat, Cezanne, Pissarro, Cassatt. Degas, Kandinsky, Klee, Picasso, Dali, O’Keefe, Mondrian, Sargent, Homer, Whistler, Hopper, Warhol. Every room has something that is familiar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A great art museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Renoir<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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van Gogh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pissarro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Seurat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Monet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Picasso<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Picasso<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Warhol<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mondrian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I also got to see downtown Chicago for the first time in many years. It looked clean and shiny – shinier than Manhattan. I drove around a bit but couldn’t stop to take photos. Still, a good trip into downtown Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Chicago skyline<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Michigan Avenue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Through a screen at the museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The lion at the entrance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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