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Exhibition History of The Art Institute, 1945-1949

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1945
Exhibition Title Dates Catalogues Photographs
Embroidery and its Uses: European, American, Near and Far East June 6, 1944-June 10, 1945 0 0
Drawings by Miklos Suba Sept.28, 1944-Jan.15, 1945 0 0
Etchings of Famous Architectural Sites by Charles Meyron Oct.7, 1944-Jan.31, 1945 0 0
The Complete Printed Work of Jean Francois Millet Oct.28, 1944-Jan.7, 1945 0 0
Gallery of Art Interpretation: From Nature to Art Nov.8, 1944-Feb.4, 1945 CL 6244FF3
Art of the United Nations Nov.16, 1944-Jan.1, 1945 3 5344 FF2a,b
Room of Chicago Art: Paintings by Harry Mintz and Kenneth Shopen Dec.7, 1944-Jan.21, 1945 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach January, 1945 BCL 0
European Rooms in Miniature by Mrs. James Ward Thorne Jan.10, 1945 0 0
Oriental Screens Jan.12-May 20, 1945 0 0
Prints and Drawings by Leopoldo Mendez Jan.13-Apr.22, 1945 0 0
Naval Aviation Training Cartoons by Lieutenant Robert Osborn Jan.19-Mar.19, 1945 0 0
Society for Contemporary American Art 5th Annual Jan.25-Feb.18, 1945 CL 0
The Masterpiece of the Month: Tea Drinking with a Bamboo Stove under the Wu T'ung Tree, painting by T'ang Yin February, 1945 BCL 0
The Hudson River School and the Early American Landscape Tradition Feb.15-Mar.25, 1945 2+B 5345 FF3
Drawings by Allela Cornell Feb.16-Apr.16, 1945 0 0
Room of Chicago Art: Paintings by Jean Crawford Adams and Laura Van Pappelendam Feb.21-Apr.1, 1945 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Sofa with Original Covers of Beauvais Tapestry, Wood Frame Signed by C. Sene March, 1945 BCL 0
Masterpiece of the Month: The Last Supper, Painting by the School of Amiens, French, 15th Century, Martin A. Ryerson Collection April, 1945 BCL 0
Gallery of Art Interpretation: Still Life Comes to Life Apr.2-Oct.1, 1945 CL 6245 FF1
Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts 50th Anniversary Apr.5-May 20, 1945 2 0
Encyclopedia Britannica Collection of Contemporary American Paintings Apr.12-May 13, 1945 1 0
Prints by Picasso Apr.20-Sept.15, 1945 0 0
Modern Art Becomes Advertising: Advertising Designs for the Container Corporation of America Apr.28-June 24, 1945 1+B 5345 FF2
Woodcuts by Lucas Cranach Apr.30-Sept.15, 1945 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Lung Chuan Celadon Vase, Chinese, Sung Dynasty, Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection May, 1945 BCL 0
Art Directors Club of Chicago: Exhibition of Advertising Art May 1-May 31, 1945 3 0
Room of Chicago Art: Paintings by Elsie Jones and Arthur Lidov May 24-July 8, 1945 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Lady Hamilton as Ariadne, Drawing by George Romney June, 1945 BCL 0
Chicago and Vicinity 49th Annual June 7-Aug.19, 1945 3 5345 FF5
Exhibition in celebration of the 70th birthday of Swedish sculptor Carl Milles June 23-, 1945 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: The Beach at Saint-Adresse by Claude Monet, Coburn Collection July, 1945 BCL 0
Room of Chicago Art: "Our Fighting Navy" by Rudolph Weisenborn July 12-Aug.12, 1945 0 0
Etchings by Anders Zorn July 25-Nov.5, 1945 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Green "Ferronerie" Velvet, Italian, late 15th Century, Lucy Maud Buckingham Medieval Collection August, 1945 BCL 0
Room of Chicago Art: Works by Antimo Beneduce and Dorothy Loeb Aug.16-Sept.23, 1945 0 0
School of the Art Institute Annual Aug.30-Sept.30, 1945 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Chez Mouquin, by William Glackens September, 1945 BCL 0
Room of Chicago Art: Richard Bowman and Russell Woeltz Sept.27-Nov.4, 1945 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Standing Figure of Buddha, India, 11th-12th Century, S. M. Nickerson Collection October, 1945 BCL 0
Art from Sweden Oct.17-Nov.15, 1945 0 0
Antiquarian Society: American Furniture of the17th and 18th Centuries, Philip Young Collection Oct.20-, 1945 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Adam and Eve, by Albrecht Durer, Clarence Buckingham Collection November, 1945 BCL 0
Room of Chicago Art: George Fred Keck and Samuel A. Marx Nov.8-Dec. 16, 1945 0 0
National Army Arts and Crafts Exhibition Nov.22-Dec.6, 1945 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Pastorale, by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Charles and Mary Worcester Collection December, 1945 BCL 0
SAIC Fashion Show 1945 B 0
1946
Exhibition Title Dates Catalogues Photographs
The Craft Tradition in American Household Art May 28, 1945-May 28, 1946 1945 0 0
Chinese Costumes and Accessories Oct.20, 1945-June 30, 1946 0 0
American Exhibition of Paintings 56th Annual Oct.25, 1945-Jan.1, 1946 2 5345 FF4
Porcelain Portraits Nov.1, 1945-Feb., 1946 0 0
Drawings by Kenneth Becker: Early Middle Western Buildings Nov.9, 1945-Jan.2, 1946 0 0
Threads from Spain: 700 Years of Spanish Textiles Nov.16, 1945-Nov.1, 1946 0 0
Gallery of Art Interpretation: Looking at Sculpture Dec.1, 1945-Oct.1, 1946 0 6245 FF2
Room of Chicago Art: Elizabeth Engelhard and May H. Gilruth Dec.20, 1945-Jan.27, 1946 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Head of a Prophet,French Sculpture, Mid-13th Century, Lucy Maud Buckingham Medieval Collection January, 1946 BCL 0
Paintings, Drawings and Prints by George Bellows Jan.31-Mar.10, 1946 3 5346 FF1
Room of Chicago Art: Calvin Albert and Egon Weiner Jan.31-, 1946 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Seated Nude by Auguste Renoir, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Coburn Memorial Collection February, 1946 BCL 0
Chicagoland Prize Homes Competitions (Chicago Tribune sponsored) Feb. 8-Mar. 8, 1946 0 5346 FF4
Drawings Old and New Feb.16-, 1946 1 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Glass Vases from the Theodore W. and Frances Robinson Collection March, 1946 BCL 0
Modern Ceramics and Woodenware Mar.1-Apr.30, 1946 0 0
Society of Typographic Arts 19th Annual Mar.16-Apr.30, 1946 2 0
Society for Contemporary American Art 6th Annual Mar.25-Apr.21, 1946 0 0
Chicago and Vicinity 50th Annual Mar.28-May 12, 1946 2 5346 FF7
Masterpiece of the Month: The Man of Sorrows, Anonymous German Woodcut April, 1946 BCL 0
Drawings and Paintings by James Nelson Raymond Fund Scholarship Classes Apr.15-Apr.30, 1946 0 0
Lithographs by Eleanor Coen Apr.19-June 14, 1946 0 5346 FF2
Room of Chicago Art: A. Raymond Katz and Irving Kriesberg Apr.25-June 2, 1946 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Spanish Majolica Bowl, early 15th Century May, 1946 BCL 0
Late Medieval Objects in Silver, Bronze, Stone, Ivory and Wood, Emil Delmar and Art Institute Collections May 1-Sept.30, 1946 0 0
Lithographs by Eleanor Coen May 14-July 14, 1946 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Crucifix by the Bigallo Master, Italian 13th Century June, 1946 BCL 0
American Exhibition: Water Colors and Drawings 57th Annual June 6-Aug.18, 1946 2 5346 FF8
Room of Chicago Art: Thema Slobe and Elli Zimmer June 6-Aug.12, 1946 0 0
Photographs by Andre Kertesz June 7-July 14, 1946 0 0
Warsaw Will Live Again June 13-July 7, 1946 0 0
14 Paintings by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque July 28-Sept.30, 1946 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Chinese Bronze Chia, 15th Century, B.C. July, 1946 BCL 0
Room of Chicago Art: Janet MacDougall Jones, Murray Jones and Maurice Ritman July 18-Aug.25, 1946 0 0
Etchings by Jacques Maret July 26-, 1946 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Jan Lutma by Rembrandt August, 1946 BCL 0
Room of Chicago Art: Earl C. Gross and Charles L. Schucker Aug.29-Oct.6, 1946 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: St. Francis of Assisi by Nicolo Roccatagliata September, 1946 BCL 0
School of the Art Institute Annual Sept.3-Oct.6, 1946 0 0
Prints by Josef Albers Sept.13-Oct.20, 1946 0 5346 FF9
Taller de Grafica Popular: Mexican Prints Sept.13-Dec.15, 1946 0 0
Prints by Douglas Wilson Sept.20-Nov.15, 1946 0 0
Masterpieces of English Painting: Hogarth, Constable and Turner Oct.15-Dec.22, 1946 0 5346 FF3, 3a
Lithographs by Richard Florsheim Oct.25-Dec.8, 1946 3 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Sorrowful Woman, Aquatint, Etching, and Heliogravure by Rouault December, 1946 0 0
1947
Exhibition Title Dates Catalogues Photographs
American Rooms in Miniature by Mrs. James Ward Thorne Jan.23, 1946-July 1, 1947 0 0
Re-Opening: Porcelain Portraits May 1, 1946-1947 0 0
Gallery of Art Interpretation: Constable and Turner: The Road to Impressionism Oct., 1946-May 1, 1947 0 6246
Mediterranean Textiles Oct.17, 1946-Oct.19, 1947 0 0
Marc Chagall: Paintings, Prints and Drawings Nov.14, 1946-Jan.12, 1947 2 5346 FF5.Oversize photos. Box5
Photographs by Walker Evans Nov.14, 1946-Jan.1, 1947 0 0
Japanese Prints Nov.15, 1946-Feb.3, 1947 0 0
Prints by Edouard Vuillard Dec.19, 1946-Feb.2, 1947 0 0
Tapestry: The Weaver's Pictorial Technique Jan.7-June 30, 1947 0 0
1st Veteran's Art Show Jan.8-Jan.31, 1947 CL 0
Room of Chicago Art: Emil Zettler Memorial Exhibitio Jan.9-Feb.16, 1947 2 0
Embroidery from Greece and Turkey, lent by Burton Y. Berry Jan.9-Oct.19, 1947 0 5347 FF1
Monotypes and Drawings by John Kashdan Jan.10-Mar.9, 1947 0 0
Antique Oriental Rugs Feb.6-Mar.16, 1947 2 0
Lithographs and Drawings by Stuart Davis Feb.7-Mar.30, 1947 0 0
Room of Chicago Art: Earl C. Gross and Charles L. Schucker Feb.20-Mar.30, 1947 CL 0
A New Group of Japanese Prints Feb.-Apr.14, 1947 0 0
Modern Illustrated Books: A Collection in the Making Mar.-May 15, 1947 0 0
Society of Typographic Arts Mar.15-Apr.27, 1947 2 0
Vanguard: Prints Mar.24-May 4, 1947 0 0
War's Toll of Italian Art Mar.26-Apr.16, 1947 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Harlequin by Cezanne April, 1947 BCL 0
Room of Chicago Art: Martyl and Mrs. Joyce Treiman Apr.3-May 11, 1947 CL 0
Henry Moore Apr.17-May 18, 1947 2 5347 FF4
Landscape Views of Edo, by Ichiryusai Hiroshige, Federick Gookin Collection Apr.21-Sept.29, 1947 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Corner Cupboard by Jean Henri Riesener May, 1947 BCL 0
Prints by Mauricio Lasansky and his Students May 5-June 8, 1947 0 0
The Marcel Stieglitz Collection of Dr. Wall Worcester Porcelain May 6-Nov.2, 1947 3 5347 FF9
Society for Contemporary American Art 7th Annual May 20-June 22, 1947 CL 5347 FF3
Art Directors Club of Chicago Annual May 20-June 2, 1947 1 0
The Winterbotham Collection May 23-June 22, 1947 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Le Jour by Georges Braque June, 1947 BCL 5347 FF11
Chicago and Vicinity 51st Annual June 5-Aug.17, 1947 3 5347 FF8
Room of Chicago Art: Samuel Greenburg and Freeman Lorenz Schoolcraft June 26-Aug.3, 1947 CL 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Persian Pottery Bowl July, 1947 BCL 0
Houses USA 1607-1946 July 1-July 21, 1947 0 0
Recent Acquisitions: Prints and Drawings July 2-Fall, 1947 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: King Pursued by a Unicorn, engraving by Duvet August, 1947 BCL 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Silver Tankard by Cornelius Kierstede, New York, 1710-1720 September, 1947 BCL 0
School of the Art Institute Annual Sept.3-Oct.1, 1947 0 0
Society for Contemporary American Art: Moholy Nagy Memorial Exhibition Sept.18-Oct.26, 1947 2 5347 FF6
Masterpiece of the Month: Mahana No Atua by Paul Gaugin October, 1947 BCL 0
Two Cities: Planning in North and South America Oct.15-Nov.28, 1947 0 0
Room of Chicago Art: Eileen Mehigan and Mrs. Flora Schofield Oct.30-Dec.7, 1947 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Eight Views of Ma Wei, Shen Chou November, 1947 BCL 0
Exhibition of Japanese Primitives Nov.1-Dec.16, 1947 0 0
Recent Lithographs by Pablo Picasso -Nov.23, 1947 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Guerre Civile by Edouard Manet December, 1947 BCL 0
1948
Exhibition Title Dates Catalogues Photographs
18th and 19th Century American Textiles July 1, 1947-Jan.15, 1948 0 0
Gallery of Art Interpretation: Explaining Abstract Art July 1, 1947-Jan.21, 1948 CL 6248 FF1
Room of Chicago Art: Miyoko Ito and Polia Pillin Aug.7,1947-Sept.19, 1948 CL 0
European Rooms in Miniature by Mrs. James Ward Thorne Aug.1, 1947-July 1, 1948 0 0
American Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture 58th Annual: Abstract and Surrealist American Art Nov.6, 1947-Jan.11, 1948 2 5347 FF7
Bibelots of the 18th and Early 19th Centuries Nov.15, 1947-May 15, 1948 0 0
Photographs by Walker Evans Nov.21, 1947-Jan.11, 1948 0 0
Room of Chicago Art: John Fabion and Abbott Pattison Dec.11, 1947-Jan.18, 1948 CL 0
Japanese Prints Dec.31, 1947-Feb.2, 1948 0 5347 FF2
Chicago Collectors' Exhibition Dec.2, 1947-Feb.1, 1948 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Altar Frontal, Needlework, Spanish, 16th c. January, 1948 BCL 0
Max Beckmann Jan.9-Mar.14, 1948 CL 0
Modern Weaves by Elsa Regensteiner and Julia McVicker Jan.15-June 15, 1948 0 0
Decorative and Textile Arts of the South American Highlands Jan.15-Oct.1, 1948 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: The Basket of Apples by Paul Cezanne February, 1948 BCL 0
Alfred Stieglitz, His Photographs and His Collection Feb.2-Feb.29, 1948 CL 5347 FF5
Prints by Kitagawa Utamaro Feb.16-Mar.28, 1948 0 0
Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer Collection -Feb.15, 1948 0 0
Masterpieces of French Tapestry Mar.17-May 16, 1948 2 5348 FF1
Society of Typographic Arts 21st Exhibition Mar.20-May 2, 1948 1 0
Rembrandt Etchings Apr.2-Nov., 1948 0 0
Portraits by Toshusai Sharaku Apr.12-May 9, 1948 0 0
Dudley Huppler Apr.-May 9, 1948 0 0
Art Directors Club of Chicago 16th Annual May 3-May 16, 1948 1 0
A Cross-Section of the Print Collection May 7-Aug., 1948 0 0
Society for Contemporary American Art 8th Annual May 26-June 27, 1948 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Taoist Priest Robe June, 1948 BCL 0
Chicago and Vicinity 52nd Annual June 17-Aug.15, 1948 3 5348 FF4
Masterpieces of Painting Saved from the German Salt Mines July 15-Aug.4, 1948 2 5348 FF2a,b,c.Oversize photos. Box 6
Masterpiece of the Month: The Riders of the Apocalypse, Woodcut by Durer August, 1948 BCL 0
Chinese Bronzes, lent by Avery Brundage Aug.5-, 1948 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Topaz-tinted Glass Tankard with Cover September, 1948 BCL 0
Recent Accessions to the Textile Collection Sept.-Oct.1, 1948 0 0
School of the Art Institute Annual Sept.2-Oct.3, 1948 0 8740
Room of Chicago Art: Harold Zussin and Kenneth Nack Sept.23-Oct.31, 1948 CL 0
Prints by Adja Yunkers Sept.10-Oct.24, 1948 0 0
Recent Accessions of European Silver Sept.15-Nov.1, 1948 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: San Roman, Martyr by Francisco de Zurbaran October, 1948 BCL 0
Japanese Prints by Katsukawa Shunsho Oct.1-Oct.31, 1948 0 0
History of Playing Cards Oct.19-Nov.14, 1948 0 0
International Council of Museums: Modern Techniques of Museum Display in Sweden Oct.22-Nov.24, 1948 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: A Quiet Life in a Wooded Glen by Wang Meng November, 1948 BCL 0
Reproductions of Historic Far Eastern Textiles Nov.14-Dec.19, 1948 0 0
Matisse Drawings Nov.21-Dec.12, 1948 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: After the Bath: Woman Drying Her Feet by Edgar Degas December, 1948 BCL 0
1949
Exhibition Title Dates Catalogues Photographs
Japanese Paintings from the 17th-19th Centuries Oct.15, 1948-Jan.15, 1949 0 0
Chinese Ceremonial Bronzes Nov., 1948-1949 0 0
American Exhibition of Water Colors and Drawings 59th Annual Nov.4, 1948-Jan.2, 1949 2 5348 FF3
Renaissance Bronzes and Goldsmith Work Nov.15, 1948-1949 0 0
Modern Textiles by Dorothy Liebes Nov.27, 1948-Feb.21, 1949 0 0
Pictorial Panels in Applique by Gustel Rivoir and Veronika Malata Nov.27, 1948-Feb.21, 1949 0 0
Spanish Textiles, 15th-19th Centuries Nov.18, 1948-Feb.21, 1949 0 0
American Rooms in Miniature by Mrs. James Ward Thorne Sept., 1948-June 15, 1949 0 0
The Woodcut through Six Centuries Dec.17, 1948-Jan.23, 1949 1 0
Japanese Prints by Katsukawa Shunsho, Pt. II Dec.23, 1948-Feb.5, 1949 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Alabaster Statue of St. John the Baptist January, 1949 BCL 0
Prints by Felix Vallotton Jan.7-Apr.24, 1949 0 0
The Curtis Prize Project Exhibition Jan.15-Feb.15, 1949 0 0
Drawings by Angna Enters Jan.28, 1948-Mar.6, 1949 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: The White Tablecloth by Jean-Baptiste Chardin February, 1949 BCL 0
Prints by Goya Feb.-June, 1949 0 0
Chicago and Vicinity 53rd Annual Feb.9-Mar.20, 1949 2 5349 FF4
Alumni Association of the Art Institute of Chicago Exhibition Feb.15-Mar.13, 1949 CL 0
Indonesian Art: Loan Exhibition from the Royal Indies Institute, Amsterdam Feb.16-Mar.31, 1949 2 0
Snuff Boxes from the Collection of Harry H. Blum Feb.16-Sept.30, 1949 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: 14th Century Stone Relief from a Balustrade, Persia March, 1949 BCL 0
The Society of Typographic Arts: 22nd Exhibition of Design in Chicago Printing Mar.12-Apr.9, 1949 2 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Etching, Christ Presented to the People, Rembrandt April, 1949 BCL 0
Reproduction Textiles by Scalamandre Apr.1-Apr.30, 1949 0 0
Japanese Prints by Katsushika Hokusai Apr.11-May 29, 1949 0 0
(re-opened) The Woodcut Through Six Centuries Apr.15-May 29, 1949 0 0
From Colony to Nation Apr.21-June 19, 1949 2 5349 FF1a, b
American Textiles May 17-Nov.1, 1949 0 0
Society for Contemporary American Art 9th Annual May 11-June 12, 1949 0 0
Great Sculpture from Italy: Saint Louis of Toulouse, by Donatello May 20-June 19, 1948 0 0
The Chicago Tribune 3rd Annual Better Rooms Competition May 21-June 12, 1949 0 0
Our World Through Eastern Eyes June 3-Oct.3, 1949 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: American Mahogany High-Chest, Philadelphia July, 1949 BCL 0
The Art Institute Presents Toulouse-Lautrec July 6-Aug.21, 1949 2 0
Paintings from the Cave of the Thousand Buddhas, by Shao Fang Sheng July 20-Dec.4, 1949 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: The Interrupted Reading, by Corot August, 1949 BCL 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Three Chinese Figures September, 1949 BCL 0
School of the Art Institute Annual Sept.6-Oct.2, 1949 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Tahitian Woman,Drawing by Paul Gauguin October, 1949 BCL 0
20th Century Art from the Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection Oct.20-Dec.18, 1949 2 5349 FF3
Masterpiece of the Month: Monteith Punch Bowl November, 1949 BCL 0
Art Directors Club of Chicago 17th Annual Nov.2-Nov.16, 1949 2 0
Flower and Bird Prints Nov.4-Dec.11, 1949 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: St. Jerome by Veronese December, 1949 BCL 0



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