Monday, March 10, 2008

Chicago Summary

We're back from our whirlwind tour of Chicago and its surrounding 'burbs.

Here are some of the paintings we saw at the Art Institiute:

Georges Seurat, A Sunday Afternoon on the Isle of La Grande Jatte:
















Vincent Van Gogh, Bedroom in Arles:
















Georgie O'Keefe, Cow's Skull with Calico Roses:
















I forgot to note the artist/name on this one, please forgive me, if anyone knows, please let me know!
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Beata Beatrix (thanks to caninecologne!):
















Pablo Picasso, The Old Guitarist:

2 comments:

caninecologne said...

hi vicki - just reading some of your old posts...

we loved this museum but didn't stay long enough.

that painting is called Beata Beatrix by Dante Gabriel Rosetti.

Here's the link:
http://www.victorianweb.org/painting/dgr/paintings/12.html

Vicki said...

Hey CC - Thanks so much! Love the Art Institute, it's probably my favorite museum in the country.