Highlights Part I: Impressionism, Fashion, & Modernity Exhibition

Hi Elegant Lovelies,

I enjoyed my visit to Chicago, my mornings were so relaxing and serene.

JTWisdom in Chicago for Wedding Anniversary

JTWisdom at Under the Ginkgo Tree Bed & Breakfast in Chicago for Wedding Anniversary

Going the the Art Institute of Chicago really verified what I always say, “a person never stops learning.” We are growing and changing and should pursue learning something new everyday. This is an exhibition I am so happy I had the opportunity to see it.

JTwisdom having tea before going to the Art Institute of Chicago

JTwisdom having breakfast before going to the Art Institute of Chicago

I have quite a few favorites. Click on the portrait to enlarge and see the brush strokes and dresses in more detail.

This painting is of Madame Georges Charpentier and her children. Her son is sitting on the couch and her daughter is sitting on the cute doggie and they are dressed the same. Renoir paid attention to detail in this portrait. Do you see the pleating in her son’s and daughter’s dress? Madame Georges Charpentier’s dress is beautiful and her gold jewelry is exquisite.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children, 1878. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund.

Renoir looks so relaxed and at ease in this portrait. He is dressed very dapper and looks very approachable and care free.

Frédéric Bazille. Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1867. Musée d’Orsay, Paris, on deposit to the Musée Fabre, Montpellier, DL 1970 3.

This portrait was quite risque for the time. A woman being painted in her robe. She’s a very brave lady to be painted this way. I know we consider this very tame now but back then it was as if she had not a single bit of clothes on.

Édouard Manet. Young Lady in 1866 (also called La Femme au perroquet, 1866. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, gift of Erwin Davis.

This is one of the famous paintings that’s house at the Art Institute of Chicago, Georges Suerat (1859-1891), A Sunday on La Grande Jatte-1884. Everyone looks so relaxed and having fun at the Park. This painting is amazing to see with all of those series of continuous dots.

I had to add a couple of pictures of my favorite dresses.

Installation shot of Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity at the Art Institute of Chicago.

The portrait in the foreground is by Édouard Manet, The Parisienne, 1875. This dress is haute couture of the time. Fashion at it’s best, this lady struts and holds her head up high in this dress. Beautiful!