Art Institute of Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States. The museum's collection encompasses more than 300,000 works of art from around the world, spanning 5,000 years of human creativity.
Collection Highlights
- Georges Seurat's A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
- Grant Wood's American Gothic
- Edward Hopper's Nighthawks
- Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings
- Asian art and ancient collections
Open Access & Public Domain
The Art Institute of Chicago provides open access to many images in its collection under Creative Commons Zero (CC0) public domain dedication. This allows anyone to use these images freely for any purpose.
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57,907 artworks from AIC available in our virtual museum
I'timad-ud-Daula's Tomb at Agra
Unknown
c. 1820
A Monumental Portrait of a Monkey
Unknown
c. 1705–1710
The Sick Child I
Edvard Munch
1896
Ceremonial Hanging (palepai)
Paminggir
19th century
Cup in the Form of a Horse and Rider
Hans Ludwig Kienle
1630
Still Life with Dead Game, Fruits, and Vegetables in a Market
Frans Snyders
1614
Madame Cezanne in a Yellow Chair
Paul Cezanne
1888–90
Christ Carrying the Cross
Sebastiano del Piombo
1515–17
Milarepa on Mount Kailash
Unknown
c. 1500
Furisode
Unknown
late Edo period (1789–1868), 1801/1868
Male Figure (Nkisi Nkondi)
Vili
Probably early to mid-19th century
Statue of the Madonna in the Mountains
Caspar David Friedrich
1804
Love of Winter
George Wesley Bellows
1914
In the Sea
Arnold Böcklin
1883
The Road to Calvary
Master of the Housebook
1475/80
For Sunday's Dinner
William Michael Harnett
1888
Seated Bodhisattva
Unknown
8th century
The Basket of Apples
Paul Cezanne
c. 1893
The Child's Bath
Mary Cassatt
1893
Boy on a Ram
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
1786–87
The Garden of Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo
Francesco Guardi
Late 1770s
Cabin in the Cotton
Horace Pippin
c. 1931–37
Portions of a Jousting Helmet
Unknown
1570/80
Gaming Set, Probably Made for the Russian Court
Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory
c. 1735
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