My September visit to the Art Institute in Chicago

Chicago is getting an early start on Christmas this year at the Daley Center.

Here are some pictures I took at the Art Institute this past September. I would have liked to taken more but you can only take so many with a macbook and avoid looking like a fool.
Pergola With Oranges - by Thomas Fearnley
When I become a multi-millionaire (knock on wood), this will be the 1st monumental piece of art that I will look to purchase. Going back into Freshman year of high school, I took on a class called Mechanical Drawing. My favorite portion of that class just happened to involve orthographic projectional drawings. If you could imagine an isometric object drawn on a piece of paper and break it up into 3 different views: front view, bottom view, and a right-side view; you pretty much understand the basics of orthographic drawings. This concept compliments well with much of Fearnley's work. The detailed shadowing is just unbelievable. Not to mention I was staring into this perspective painting for ten minutes straight. And ten minutes well spent!



The Drinking - by Vincent van Gogh
This oil on canvas painting was created during the year of van Gogh's death. This was most likely painted based from his experiences in Paris. Van Gogh became a heavy drinker when he became acknowledged by many famous French Impressionists in the latter part of his nine year art career. Many wonder if he was actually drunk while creating this piece. My gut insists he was.



The Petite Creuse River - by Claude Monet
This is a great oil painting. You can visually see the amount of work put into this artwork. It was almost as if Monet wanted the audience to focus in on the smaller tree next to the river. What is the significance? The sequential changes of seasons shifting. Cool.

1 comments:

Romain said...

Yeah I'm staying in Detroit, but only til Dec, the 15th. Actually I'm trying to extend my stay for the winter semester, but nothing's sure yet.

Sorry the blog is in french, but that's more for my family and close friends, and sme of em don't really speak english, so...w/e. I'm working on project sponsored by the American Chemistry Council, it's supposed to be a small car for 2020 with a 35mph speed limit. I pick Saab as a brand, as the ACC is no carmaker...

Dude, I'm enjoying so much the life here! You definitely should come over!