John G. Shedd

John G. Shedd

male, deceased (1926)
philanthropist, Marshall Field & Company, The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts, World's Columbian Exposition, Field Museum, Business Person…from Chicago, artinstituteofchicago
John Graves Shedd (July 20, 1850 - October 22, 1926) was the second president and chairman of the board of Marshall Field & Company. Born on a New...
Grant Wood

Grant Wood

male, deceased (1942)
Iowa City, Minneapolis, University of Iowa, painter, from Iowa, Impressionism…artinstituteofchicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni, Stone City Art Colony
Grant Wood, born Grant DeVolson Wood (February 13, 1891 - February 12, 1942) was an American painter, born in Anamosa, Iowa. He is best known for...
Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert

male, 67 years old
thumbs up, cancer survivor, two thumbs up, siskel & ebert, chicago sun-times, movie critic…university of colorado at boulder, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alumni, Chicago Sun Times, from Chicago
Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic. He is known for his weekly review column (appearing in the...
Claes Oldenburg

Claes Oldenburg

male, 80 years old
Paul Wieghardt, Rolf Schock Prize laureate, swedish, Yale University, School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni, United States National Medal of Arts recipient…City News Bureau of Chicago, public art, naturalized citizen of the United States, pop art, artinstituteofchicago
Claes Oldenburg (born January 28, 1929) is a sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring very large replicas of...
Pierre Bonnard

Pierre Bonnard

male, deceased (1947)
painter, modern painter, Art Nouveau, French, museum of modern art, Lycée Louis-le-Grand alumni…artinstituteofchicago, landscape art
Pierre Bonnard (October 3, 1867 - January 23, 1947) was a French painter and printmaker.
William Merritt Chase

William Merritt Chase

male, deceased (1916)
painter, impressionist painter, American, from Indiana, Impressionism, Art Students League…National Gallery of Art, Georgia Museum of Art, Society of American Artists, Museum of Fine Arts, Brooklyn Museum of Art
William Merritt Chase (November 1, 1849 - October 25, 1916) was an American painter known as an exponent of Impressionism and as a teacher.
Gustave Caillebotte

Gustave Caillebotte

male, deceased (1894)
buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery, painter, French, Impressionist, impressionist painter, From Paris…artinstituteofchicago, one of the most dedicated
Gustave Caillebotte (August 19, 1848 - February 21, 1894), was a French painter, member and patron of the group of artists known as Impressionists,...
Lorado Taft

Lorado Taft

male, deceased (1936)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alumni, From Elmwood, Illinois, University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign, Home schooled, American, from Chicago…University of Illinois, artinstituteofchicago
Lorado Zadoc Taft was an American sculptor, writer and educator, born in Elmwood, Illinois in 1860. After being homeschooled by his parents, Taft...
Roger Brown

Roger Brown

male, deceased (1997)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Lincoln Park neighborhood, salon, outsider art, American, artinstituteofchicago…School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni, Chicago Imagist, Hyde Park Art Center, the school of the art institute of chicago, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Roger Brown (1941-1997) was an American artist who was an important member of the Chicago Imagists, a group in the 1960s and 1970s who turned to...

Brian Ulrich

male
photographer, artinstituteofchicago, American, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Copia, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Brian Ulrich (born 1971) is an American photographer known for his photographic exploration of consumer culture. Born in Northport, New York,...