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The Art Institute of Chicago was established on the southwestern end of the State and the Monroe Street in the year 1879.The Art Institute of Chicago was established both as a school and museum of art. It was in the year 1893 when the Art Institute was sited at its present location at the Michigan Avenue an Adams Street.
The Art Institute of Chicago is famous for the Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and American paintings. The museum also has a collection of plaster casts and aspires to demonstrate different kind of art and carry out an educational program on different forms of art. At present the Art Institute of Chicago posses a huge collection of human art expressions from all over the world. These art pieces cover up a period of almost 5000 years.
The Art Institute of Chicago features some of the famous pieces of art including "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" by Georges-Pierre Seurat, "The Old Guitarist" by Pablo Picasso, "Nighthawks" by Edward Hopper Today, some famous works of Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Paul Cézanne's. Some of the famous sculptures found in the museum include Thorne Rooms, collection of arms and armor of the medieval period, and the expressive portrait of St. Joan d'Arc. The famous attraction of this museum is a "touchable" statue especially for the blind, and the children along with this it houses many other exclusive and sophisticated pieces if art.
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The Art Institute of Chicago was built with the ambition to establish, maintain and run museums, schools, libraries of art, theaters, and also to provide help and develop the creation of art. Its mission was also to promote and carry out activities related to the different forms of art that may be important for the development of art in the Chicago region.
The art institute also aimed to promote and perform art activities with national and international significanc. It looks forward towards the formation, preservation, research, publication and exhibition of all objects that are the symbol of art.
The graduate program executed by the school is one of the best in the US. The art institute as a school of art aspires to provide a wide range of education in the field of art including a detailed presentation of visual arts, presentations by teachers and designers, education in written, oral and different mediums. Along with these it also aims at providing lectures, instruction, and entertainment, including dramatic, film, and different kinds of musical performances.
The Art Institute of Chicago institute accepts all properties that promote art as its part. It also exercises its trust powers to maintain and promote such properties carrying the same mission of art promotion as the art institute.
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