The
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at The University of Chicago
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Exhibitions

by Year by Artist by Images
 
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1959
  MOSAIC: A Preview of The Law by Harold Haydon and a Review of Historic Masterpieces
Oct 18 – November 14, 1959
  Contemporary Drawings from Latin America
Aug 05 – September 7, 1959
  Artist Members Exhibition
Jun 08 – August 28, 1959
  Contemporary Wall Hangings in Weaving and Needlework
Mar 18 – April 11, 1959
 Lancelot Law Whyte
LECTURE: The Conscious, the Unconscious, and the Artist
March 10, 1959
 
 
1958
  Watercolors, Drawings, and Collages from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Randall Shapiro
Oct 15 – November 15, 1958
  Artist Members Exhibition
May 26 – August 29, 1958
 Harry Weese and Associates
Architectural Works
Apr 22 – May 14, 1958
  Korean Art: Works by Students and Faculty of Seoul National University
Mar 12 – March 28, 1958
 Marc Chagall
An Exhibition of Paintings and Graphic Works from Chicago Collections
Feb 15 – March 8, 1958
  American Indian Painting
Jan 04 – January 23, 1958
 
 
1957
 Victor Carvacho
Nov 11 – November 16, 1957
 Cady Wells (1904-1954)
Oct 13 – November 9, 1954
  Artist Members Exhibition
Jun 04 – August 31, 1957
  Works by University of Chicago Art Faculties
Mar 28 – April 28, 1957
  Contemporary American Watercolors
Feb 17 – March 15, 1957
 Eta Harich-Schneider
LECTURE SERIES: The Music of Japan
Jan 16 – January 21, 1957
  The Condition of Modern Man:
An Exhibition of Contemporary Art
Jan 06 – February 2, 1957
 
 
1956
 Mrs. Marshall Stone
LECTURE: Handloom Cottage Arts of India
November 8, 1956
  Painters in Color
Oct 14 – November 14, 1956
  Artist Members Exhibition
May 25 – August 31, 1956
 Fritz Winkler: Water colors, Drawings and Lithographs
from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Oskar Schultze
Apr 16 – May 12, 1956
 Albert Bloch
A Retrospective
Mar 11 – April 7, 1956
  A Sculptor's Collection
Lent by Mr. and Mrs. Milton Horn
Feb 12 – March 3, 1956
  Students as Collectors: Prints and Drawings from Callot to Picasso
Jan 15 – February 7, 1956
 
 
1955
 Agnes Gale
Paintings and Drawings
Nov 13 – November 19, 1955
  11 American Pioneers of the 20th Century
Oct 13 – November 8, 1955
  Artist Members Exhibition
Jun 08 – August 31, 1955
  Max Epstein Memorial Exhibition
Paintings by old masters from the Max and Leola Epstein Collection
Apr 29 – May 14, 1955
 Fred Biesel
1983 - 1954
Apr 02 – April 23, 1955
  As They Like It:
Contemporary Art from the Homes of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Block, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Despres, Mr. and Mrs. Hans Gaffron, Miss Helena Gamer, and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Meyer
Mar 08 – March 24, 1955
  French Universities and Their Pursuit of Freedom
Feb 03 – February 26, 1955
 
 
1954
 Ben Shahn
Paintings and Prints
Nov 06 – November 20, 1954
  The International Graphic Arts Society
Oct 13 – November 20, 1954
  Artist Members Exhibition
Jun 07 – August 28, 1954
  The Artist Looks at the Scientist's World
Apr 25 – May 25, 1954
  An Exhibition in Memory of Elinor Castle Nef: Prints and Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John U. Nef
Mar 28 – April 17, 1954
  Framing, Right and Wrong
Mar 05 – March 24, 1954
  A Selection of Modern Pottery
Feb 10 – March 3, 1954
  20th Century German Graphic Art
Jan 17 – February 6, 1954
 
 
1953
  Drawings By Four Painters
Oct 20 – November 15, 1953
  Artist Members Exhibition
Jun 05 – August 31, 1953
  Japanese Prints of the 18th and 19th Centuries
May 06 – May 30, 1953
  Contemporary Sculpture by Chicago Artists
Apr 06 – April 30, 1953
 Richard Guy Walton
The Malefactors
Mar 09 – March 31, 1953
  Current Ways with Color Prints
Mar 09 – March 31, 1953
 Richard Guy Walton
The Malefactors
Mar 09 – March 31, 1953
 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Lithographs
Jan 26 – February 21, 1953
  Paintings of Greek Landscape by Eight Athenian Artists
Jan 11 – January 14, 1953
 
 
1952
  Norwegian Printmakers
Oct 15 – November 15, 1952
  Artist Members Exhibitions
May 28 – August 31, 1952
 Mark Tobey
Paintings
Apr 18 – May 14, 1952
 Horst De Marees
Water Colors
Apr 18 – May 14, 1952
  Contemporary Italian Prints: The George Binet Collection
Mar 12 – March 31, 1952
  William Walcot 1874-1943
Feb 10 – March 6, 1952
 Mrs. E. Preston Dargan and Mr. Henri C-E. David
Two Plays: The Roses of Monsieur Marius and Christmas Shopping
January 20, 1952
  Group 15 of St. Louis
Jan 06 – January 31, 1952
 
 
1951
  Contemporary American and European Art from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Randall Shapiro
Oct 09 – November 6, 1951
 Harold Haydon
Painting Demonstration
June 5, 1951
  Artist Members Exhibition
May 09 – June 17, 1951
  Renaissance and Baroque Music
CONCERT
May 4, 1951
 Jose Clemente Orozco: 1883-1949
Apr 02 – April 30, 1951
  Chiaroscuro Woodcuts
Feb 18 – March 24, 1951
 Joshua C. Taylor
LECTURE: Macchiaiuoli: New Vision in the 1850s
February 15, 1951
 Pietro Belluschi
Architecture
Jan 09 – January 31, 1951
 
 
1950
 Florence Koehler, 1861-1944
Nov 21 – December 14, 1950
  Six Young Italian Artists
Oct 15 – November 14, 1950
  University of Chicago Faculty Exhibition
Aug 01 – September 5, 1950
  The Quadrangle Players
STAGED READING: The Lady's Not For Burning
May 29, 1950
 Diego Rivera
Water Colors
May 18 – June 16, 1950
  African Paintings
From the Makerere College School of Art, Kampala, Uganda, East Africa
May 18 – June 16, 1950
  Artist Members Exhibition
Apr 02 – April 29, 1950
  Cosi Fan Tutte
OPERA PERFORMANCE
Feb 17 – February 19, 1950
 Clarence John Laughlin
LECTURE: Ghosts Along the Mississippi: Louisiana Plantation Architecture
February 10, 1950
  Contemporary American Prints Selected by Five Printmakers
Jan 26 – February 25, 1950
  Keck on Architecture
Jan 05 – January 21, 1950
 
 
    201520142013201220112010
2009200820072006200520042003200220012000
1999199819971996199519941993199219911990
1989198819871986198519841983198219811980
1979197819771976197519741973197219711970
1969196819671966196519641963196219611960
1959195819571956195519541953195219511950
1949194819471946194519441943194219411940
1939193819371936193519341933193219311930
1929192819271926192519241923192219211920
19191918191719161915     

 

 
 

   
   
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