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Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago: Highlights of the Collection

An updated selection of extraordinary paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago, featuring works from around the globe and dating from ancient Egypt to the present day.
The Age of American Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago, although renowned for its holdings of works by the French Impressionists, also houses a wealth of superb examples by American proponents of this distinctive style.
Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago: Highlights of the Collection

An updated selection of iconic paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago’s evolving global collection, spanning ancient Egypt to the present.
Indian Art of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago
This landmark publication catalogues the Art Institute of Chicago’s outstanding collection of Indian art of the Americas, one of the foremost of its kind in the United States.
Contemporary Collecting: The Donna and Howard Stone Collection
Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913–1917
This book represents the first sustained examination of Matisse’s output from this important period, revealing fascinating information about his working method, experimental techniques, and compositional choices.
Konstantin Grcic: Decisive Design
This book highlights the hip, functional, and versatile furniture and products of Konstantin Grcic—widely recognized as one of the most important designers working today—and how they are transforming the landscape of contemporary design.
Aleksandr Zhitomirsky: Photomontage as a Weapon of World War II and the Cold War
The first comprehensive study in English of the Soviet propaganda artist Aleksandr Zhitomirsky, who conceived and deployed his striking photomontages as a political weapon.
Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage
Camille Claudel

Abundantly illustrated, this catalogue is a fascinating and comprehensive reevaluation of the French modernist sculptor Camille Claudel.
Rubens, Rembrandt, and Drawing in the Golden Age

This extraordinary history of Netherlandish drawing focuses on the training and skill of artists during the long 17th century.
Cezanne

Evoking the sensory richness and ambitions of the beloved French artist’s work through a multifaceted exploration of his art, career, and legacy
American Silver in the Art Institute of Chicago
The history of American silver offers invaluable insights into the economic and cultural history of the nation itself. Published here for the first time, the Art Institute of Chicago’s superb collection embodies innovation and beauty from the colonial era to the present.
Georgia O’Keeffe: “My New Yorks”

A revelatory study of Georgia O’Keeffe’s New York paintings of the late 1920s and their deep significance within the artist’s development.
Benin: Royal Arts of a West African Kingdom
The Kingdom of Benin, located in present-day southwestern Nigeria, has roots that stretch back as early as the 10th century. This volume features approximately 25 masterworks that reveal the breadth and depth of the kingdom’s artistic corpus.
John Marin’s Watercolors: A Medium for Modernism
Telling Images: Stories in Art
Material Meanings: Selections from the Constance R. Caplan Collection

Authors from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the museum considered the varied works in Constance R. Caplan’s fascinating collection as material objects.
Ballplayers, Gods, and Rainmaker Kings: Masterpieces from Ancient Mexico
Ballplayers, Gods, and Rainmaker Kings: Masterpieces from Ancient Mexico celebrates the bicentennial of Mexico’s independence from Spain and the centennial of the 1910 Revolution, which led to the creation of the modern Mexican republic.
The Art Institute of Chicago: The Essential Guide

This revised and expanded edition of the Essential Guide features more than three hundred objects that span the breadth of the museum’s esteemed collection. Each work is reproduced in full color and discussed in a brief and lively entry.
Digital Publication
Matisse Paintings, Works on Paper, Sculpture, and Textiles at the Art Institute of Chicago
- Cat. 58 Oceania, the Sea, 1948
- Mounting Evidence: Original Mounts on Early Matisse Drawings
- Other Works of Art in the Collection
Digital Publication
James Ensor: The Temptation of Saint Anthony
Folio 2B/C
Digital Publication
Pissarro Paintings and Works on Paper at the Art Institute of Chicago
Cat. 8 Rabbit Warren at Pontoise, Snow, 1879
Digital Publication
Gauguin Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Works at the Art Institute of Chicago
- Cat. 71 Bust of a Tahitian Woman, 1894
- Cat. 68 Tahitian Landscape (recto), Breton Peasants (verso), 1894
- Cats. 51–60 The Noa Noa Suite, 1893/94
- Cat. 69 Two Standing Tahitian Women, 1894
Digital Publication
Whistler Paintings and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago
- “A Chicago Boy”: The Second City Meets James McNeill Whistler
- Cat. 33 Reclining Draped Figure, 1893
Digital Publication
Roman Art at the Art Institute of Chicago
- Cat. 4 Statue of Meleager, 1st/2nd century A.D.
- Cat. 13 Statue of the Aphrodite of Knidos, 2nd century A.D.
- Cat. 3 Fragment of a Statue of Venus, 1st/2nd century A.D.
- Cat. 10 Head of Mars, 2nd century A.D.
Digital Publication
The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler: The Digital Edition
- Letters 50–99
- Whistler’s Lithographic Techniques: Beauty and Business
- Marketing the Lithographs
- Notes to the Reader
Digital Publication
Monet Paintings and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago
- Cat. 16 Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare, 1877
- Cat. 37 Water Lily Pond, 1900
Digital Publication
Caillebotte Paintings and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago
- Cat. 2 Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877
- Cat. 4 Sketchbook, June 1883–September 1887
- Cat. 1 Study for “Paris Street; Rainy Day,” 1877
Digital Publication
Modern Series: Go
Reflections by the Curators

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