“A noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency.” Architect Daniel Burnham’s words are certa
The Art Institute’s 2006 exhibition Drawings in Dialogue brought to public view and appreciation Dorothy Braude Edinburg’s magnificent collection of European and American graphic arts.
After a 27-year career working as Walt Disney’s principal animator and main “storyman,” Bill Peet devoted himself full-time to writing and illustrating children’s books.
The final work of Louis Sullivan, A System of Architectural Ornament, was produced by the impoverished architect in 1922 and 1923 at the request of the Art Institute.
Over the past 30 years, long-time Chicagoans and Art Institute supporters Jean and Steven Goldman have created an extraordinarily focused and impressive collection of Italian drawings from the Rena
Collector and scholar of Japanese art Oliver H. Statler was devoted to the advancement of modern Japanese prints at a time when the movement had few advocates, even in Japan.
Painting, calligraphy, playing the zither (qin), and weiji, a board game of strategy best known under the Japanese name, go, were respected as primary accomplishments of
