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The Art Institute of Chicago was founded as both a museum and school for the fine arts in 1879, a critical era in the history of Chicago as civic energies were devoted to rebuilding the metropolis that had been destroyed by the Great Fire of 1871

Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli (French, 1824-1886) Still Life with Fruit and Wine Jug, 1874

Claude Monet (French,1840-1926) Venice, Palazzo Dario, 1908

Claude Monet (French,1840-1926) Irises, 1914-17

Claude Monet (French,1840-1926) Houses of Parliament, Westminster, 1900

Spanish Dance

Yellow Dancers (In the Wings), 1874-76The Millinery Shop, 1885Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)

Arabesque

Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Café Singer, 1879

Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)The tube, 1889

Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Woman Seated in an Armchair

Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Dancer Putting on Her Stockings

Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)The Morning Bath, 1887-90

La Petite Danseuse de Quatorze AnsLittle Dancer Aged FourteenBy Edgar Degas (1834 –1917)1881 / Originally made in wax before it was cast in bronze, in 1922..

Edgar Degas (French, 1834 –1917)Little Dancer Aged Fourteen

The model for this sculpture was a ballet student at the Paris Opéra, [where Degas often drew and painted], named Marie van Goethem

Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)

Danseuses rose, 1878

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Jean-Louis Forain (French, 1852-1931) Tightrope Walker, 1885

Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917) The Star, 1879/81

Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Mary Cassatt at the Louvre-The Paintings Gallery, 1885

Italian Head, c. 1856

Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Singers on the Stage, 1877/79

Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Two Dancers, c. 1893–98

Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Retiring, c. 1883

Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)

Woman at Her Toilette, c. 1900-1905

Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Young Spartan Girls Challenging Boys, 1860

Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Young Spartan Girls Challenging Boys, 1860Details

Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Landscape with Smokestacks, c. 1890

Edouard Vuillard (French, 1868-1940) Woman Seated on a Sofa, 1906

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919) Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando

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Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise (The Rowers' Lunch), 1875

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)

Seascape, 1879

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919) Fruits of the Midi, 1881 (Detail)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919) Fruits of the Midi, 1881

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)

Chrysanthemums, 1881-82

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919) By the Water or Near the Lake, 1880

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919) Young Woman Sewing, 1879

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919) Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881 (Detail)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)

Alfred Sisley, 1876

Alfred Sisley (French, 1839-1899) A Turn in the Road, 1873

Alfred Sisley(French, 1839-1899)

The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand,1875

The Roger McCormick Memorial Court

The Art Institute of Chicago

Light Fixture from the Lobby

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The Art Institute of Chicago

Light Fixture from the Lobby

of Fisher Building

The Art Institute of Chicago

Upper Portion of Elevator Grille,

1895-96

The Art Institute of Chicago

Upper Portion of Elevator Grille,

1895-96

The Art Institute of Chicago

Upper Portion of Elevator Grille,

1895-96

Louis Sullivan, elevator doorsThe Chicago Stock Exchange was the largest of Adler and Sullivan's tall office buildings in terms of floor-space. The elevator grille has been reassembles from the first floor of the Stock Exchange.

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