The Union League Club Chicago Art Collection Handbook

Download or read book The Union League Club Chicago Art Collection Handbook written by Sally Metzler and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2023-04-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook offers a rare glimpse into the private art collection of the Union League Club Chicago, inaccessible to the public, yet replete with premiere works of art by artists as diverse as Claude Monet and Hebru Brantley. The collection celebrates excellence and invention by artists creating in the nineteenth century to modern times. Paintings, sculpture, and photography form the nucleus. French and American Impressionism, The Hairy Who, and the Chicago Imagists represent only a few of the stylistic movements practiced by the artists. Highlights feature Apple Trees in Blossom by Claude Monet, Portrait of Emma by George Bellows; Blooming Leftovers by Angel Otero; and Land of Mañana by Walter Ufer. Women artists are particularly strong, among them Elizabeth Nourse, Mary Fairchild MacMonnies Low; Evelyn Longman, Fritzi Brod, Jessie Arms Botke; Ida Josephine Burgess; Anna Lou Matthews; Gertrude Abercrombie, and Miyoko Ito. Each work of art is fully illustrated in color and enhanced by a seminal yet concise discussion of the artwork and artist that will delight scholars and art lovers alike. Founded in 1879, the Union League Club Chicago traces its roots to the Union League Club of America, which aimed to preserve the Union during the perilous Civil War epoch. Today it promotes civic, cultural, and philanthropic ideals through robust programming and outreach.