On Wednesday afternoon, we spent a few hours at the Art Institute of Chicago. Upon entering, the lovely lady in the ticket booth gave us two “must sees”: the Thorne Miniature Rooms and the Impressionism exhibit. I must have spent an hour and a half in the Impressionism area alone, and the paintings in this exhibit were exquisite and truly breathtaking. Having always loved paintings from the Impressionistic Period, I had never seen any of the work in person. There was an entire room devoted to Claude Monet, and I was in heaven! The paintings I had only ever seen in books nearly lept off the walls, with their stunning color and depth of painting. I could have spent hours in that room alone. This was probably my favorite part of the trip to Chicago, spending time gazing at paintings I had never had the pleasure of seeing except in books up until this day. This was definitely an experience to check off of my bucket list! We even hopped over to the Sculpture Park to see the infamous Bean!
-Tracee Colgrove
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June 2020
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