Visiting the Art Institute of Chicago!

Art Institute!

In our last class we visited the art institute and we had the chance to see paintings from famous painters.  We saw paintings from Monet, Vincent Van Gogh, Picasso, George Saurat, Gauguin and other artists. 

 In George Seurat's gallery we were able to see one of the 24 studies he made and then the final art work.  There were differences between the two paintings, the study was way smaller and details were unclear.  However, the final piece was bigger and had more details and parts that the small one did have.  Also, in his final painting he worked in several campaigns beginning in 1984 with a layer of small horizontal brushstrokes of complementary colors.  Later he added small dots, in complementary colors, that appear as solid and luminous forms, when seen from a distance.  

On the left we see the study painting and on the right the final paint.




















Moreover, there were paintings from Van Gogh too.  It was his self portrait , The poet's Garden and Terrace and Observation.  It was interesting watching so close those paintings and getting the chance to see the details the artist used.  Also, it helped me personally to understand everything we have mentioned in our class, when we were talking about Van Gogh.  

At the end of the exhibition we had to talk about a painting and represent it to our classmates.  Gite made pairs of two at the beginning of the exhibition and then we had to represent something. Fattimah and I represented a Picasso's painting called "The Red Armchair".  This painting had color contrast, also he used vertical lines in the chair and horizontal in the background.  This painting had shapes as square in the belt, and circles.  We came into a conclusion that Picasso with this painting wants to show us that men and women are equal and they have the same rights. 

It was a great experience and a great opportunity to visit the Art Institute as it was the very first time that I visited the Institute!!!