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Born in 1830—Camille Pissarro's interest in painting was driven in part by his egalitarian political beliefs. His paintings of peasants working in fields reflected his belief in the essential dignity of the laboring class.

See eight paintings by Pissarro

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2018-07-11

In this naturalistic still life, Martin Johnson Heade portrays the magnolia's large, lush forms in four different stages of blossom. The shiny leaves, rough bark, and smooth petals lying on blue velvet present a medley of strikingly tactile textures—#NowOnView in American Art.

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2018-06-21

In “Festival in Montmartre,” Italian Futurist Gino Severini depicted the centrifugal motion of a carousel and the liberating yet destabilizing effects of color, speed, and sound, each indistinguishable from the other—#NowOnView in the Modern Wing.

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2018-06-06

Born de Kooning was a central figure in Abstract Expressionism. Aptly titled, "Excavation" reflects his technically accomplished painting process: an intensive building up and scraping down of paint layers until the desired effect is achieved.

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2018-04-25

The Entrepreneur - San Francisco (2006) by in "Places to Call Home: Settlements in the West". Learn more at https://t.co/VRMapRfTrJ.

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2018-04-25

Édouard Vuillard explored the decorative potential of painting, using a harmonious palette to convey a scene’s emotional content. In this work, a riot of branches and foliage eclipses a street scene populated by ambling women and children—#NowOnView among seven works by Vuillard.

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2018-04-11

Wanda Pimentel emerged within Brazil’s 1960s New Figuration movement, which used Pop-inflected representation as a form of sardonic commentary on and resistance to the country’s dictatorial government and the constraints imposed on women by a patriarchal society.

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2018-03-16

Mary Cassatt’s sensitive portrayal of a mother and child reflects the most advanced 19th-century ideas about parenting, encouraging mothers (instead of wet nurses and nannies) to care for their children—including regular bathing to prevent disease.

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2018-03-07

Joshua Johnson was the nation’s first professional African American painter of prominence. He was born into slavery but freed by his owner (and father) shortly after 1782. Through his ties to abolitionists, Johnson attracted local patrons in the city—like the Banksons.

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2018-02-16

In July 1919 race riots heightened tensions in Chicago. The violence convinced Archibald Motley he should use his art to influence perceptions of African Americans in a positive manner. This self-portrait is thus an extraordinary declaration of his goals and ambitions.

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2018-02-09

Eldzier Cortor wrote: "[This painting] shows the overcrowded condition of people who are obliged to carry out their daily activities of life in... utmost poverty."

Although it depicts people in impoverished circumstances, Cortor creates a world of beauty and color.

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2018-02-06

Claude Monet's “On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt” documents an unprecedented artistic breakthrough. Known as the "first Impressionist landscape," its motifs of reflective surfaces and textural brushwork would dominate his later work.

See 27 paintings by Monet

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2018-02-06

Wild beasts, monsters, demons, and other fantastical creatures populate these hauntingly detailed prints of the 15th and 16th centuries—#NowOnView in European Prints and Drawings.

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2018-02-01

Fighting roosters, a lurking cat, and a pickpocket enliven the overflowing abundance of a Flemish market stall in this nearly life-sized Baroque painting by Frans Snyders—#NowOnView in European Art.

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2018-01-30

“Every new painting is like throwing myself into the water without knowing how to swim.”

—Édouard Manet, born in 1832.

See nine works by Manet in European Art.

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2018-01-24

"I am the primitive of the method I have invented."

—Paul Cézanne, born in 1839.

See five paintings by Cézanne at the Art Institute.

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2018-01-20

Near the end of his life, Francisco de Goya created a satirical series of etchings known as “Los disparates,” meaning “nonsense” or “follies.” These prints contain some of Goya's most mysterious imagery, which he intentionally left open to many interpretations.

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2017-12-28

Winter days offer a beauty all their own and time to spend with friends and family. Enjoy this selection of paintings evoking the winter season—#NowOnView at the Art Institute.

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2017-12-23

“Color is the place where our brain and the universe meet.”

—Paul Klee, born in 1879

See six works in Modern Art: https://t.co/MwJquOVizs

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2017-12-19

In "Cupid Chastised," Bartolomeo Manfredi captures a moment of high drama, as Mars, the god of war, beats Cupid for having caused his affair with Venus, the goddess of love.

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2017-11-30