Chicago - Art

This dynamic painting by Hunt Slonem depicts a vibrant gathering of tropical birds set against a brilliant yellow background. Rendered in saturated reds, greens, blues, and blacks, t...

A Compelling, Post War Modern Chicago Subway Scene by 20th Century Urban Realist Artist, Milan Kouba (American, b. 1947). Oil on canvas, dating from 1976. Signed lower right. Sign...

A new middle class began to emerge in Colonial America and a migration into urban areas began. Unlike farmhouses, these new homes were elegant two-store homes designed in the new Georgian style, imitating the lifestyle of the upper middle class of England. The interiors consisted of a passageway down the middle of the house with specialized rooms off the sides, such as a library, dining room, sitting room or a primary bedroom. Unlike the multi-purpose space of the farmhouse, each of these rooms served a separate purpose. This new middle class had leisure time to entertain guests. In this sitting room, the Kupjacks have replicated this stately room with upholstered furniture, a working fireplace, decorative ceramics and silver accent pieces. This miniature room is presented in a custom leather bound case with faux books on either end as if it could be placed in a bookshelf. the room can also be installed in a wall. Kupjack Miniatures Late Colonial Sitting Room, Boston MA, 1760, circa 2009 mixed media 14.25h x 28.75w x 15.25d in 36.20h x 73.03w x 38.73d cm KJK003 Eugene Kupjack and his sons Hank and Jay created museum quality miniature rooms...

A stylish 1930s American Modern drawing, fashion study illustration for men's hats by notable Chicago artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990). A wonderful, early example of Adams...

Original collotype created from Gustav Klimt’s Approaching Thunderstorm (The Large Poplar II), painted in 1903. Published and edited by Verlag H.O. Miethke and printed by k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, in an edition of 300. Between 1908 and 1914, H.O. Miethke published Das Werk Gustav Klimts, a folio of collotypes representing Gustav Klimt’s most notable works leading up to 1913. Klimt’s original oil paintings were painstakingly reproduced as collotypes on a handmade, deckled-edge cream wove paper using a complex gravure process overseen by master technicians as well as the artist himself. Each image presented in the folio was assigned its own unique signet, which was designed by Klimt and struck below the image using a technique similar to letterpress. The signet corresponded to a matching signet in the justification page which detailed the piece’s size, location, and owner. Published under the artist’s direct supervision, this series allowed Klimt, who had completely divorced himself from public commissions following the outcry from his University of Vienna paintings, to more effectively present his artworks to institutions and patrons across the world. A testament to the masterful design and printmaking demonstrated by Das Werk Gustav Klimts, Emperor Franz Joseph himself purchased the first copy of the folio. Klimt’s The Swamp...

Ivan Markovic transports viewers into a world of full of technicolor with this collection of works inspired by Bernini's bridge of angels. Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk...

An early Self Portrait of Frank Sinatra circa late 1930s. At home in Hoboken, NJ. One of the earliest photos found in the family archive and perhaps, like in many things, Sinatra was...

A Striking, Post-War Studio Figure Study of a Reclining Young Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990). A well executed, intimate figurati...

This lithograph comes from an edition of 120 and it is signed and numbered. Guiramand’s works all have one element in common: the artist’s extraordinary sensitivity and ability to a...

This vibrant painting by Hunt Slonem features one of the artist’s signature rabbit motifs, rendered with loose, energetic black brushstrokes against an electric chartreuse-green back...

Eugene Kupjack's love affair with miniatures began when he saw an article in Life Magazine about MrsNarcissa Niblack Thorne's (of the Montgomery Ward fortune) European-Style miniatur...

The Bustling of Time captures one of Bruno Surdo’s recurring strengths: his ability to turn an ordinary public moment into something quietly theatrical and emotionally resonant. At t...

Rosbeg by Carol Pylant evokes the quiet expanse of the Irish coast through soft, fluid washes and a muted, natural palette. Rolling green dunes and sandy inlets unfold gently toward ...

A large, atmospheric, 1930s American Scene Midwestern farm landscape painting by artist Joseph Lane. Oil on canvas; signed "Joseph Lane", lower right. I...

Toy Play A simple yellow toy truck is elevated into an image of memory and desire. Painted with the seriousness once reserved for sacred objects or royal possessions, it becomes a re...

Ivan Markovic transports viewers into a world of technicolor with this collection of works inspired by Bernini's angels. Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte ...

Art Shay's true love was street photography. It is evidently clear in this shot entitled "The Three, Maybe Four, Ages of Women" with the young mannequin bride, the middle aged women...

This confidently executed drawing is a study related to Maratta’s painting La Vergine appare a S.Stanislao Kotska 1687 in the second chapel to the right, in the church of S. Andrea a...

Perfect for your cycling enthusiast! A dynamic, 1930s drawing of a bicycle race by notable Chicago Modern artist, Francis Chapin. Charcoal on paper, most likely a study relating to numerous lithographs and Chapin created in the 1930s with bicycle racing as the subject. Image size: 11 x 14 inches, (unframed); archivally matted to 16 x 20 inches (ready to frame). Estate stamped on reverse. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington & Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...

A Charming 1940s Watercolor of a City in Mexico with Cathedral and Rooftops by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. A well executed early work by Pen, completed during the artist's...

Allegorien-Neue Folge was a serialized folio published in installments between 1895 and 1900. Martin Gerlach, its publisher, was inspired by the rise of modernist design in Vienna an...

An engraving on paper by Charles Louis Balzac, "DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Koum Omboû (Ombos) Vue du Grand Temple". (ANTIQUITES, volume I, planche 40). Artwork size: 21" x 28". Arch...

A Colorful, Dynamic 1930s Modern Boxing Scene by Notable Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin. Artwork size: 2 3/4 x 4 inches, oil on Masonite mounted to original board; accompanied wit...

A large, subtle, yellow-toned, Modern Abstract Geometric painting by notable Chicago Institute of Design artist, Eugene Dana. Acrylic on board, with artist's original frame. Artwor...

An introspective 1940s American Modern watercolor of a New York Broadway Theatre Agent's casting office by notable American artist, Richard Whorf (1906-1966). Titled "Casting Couch"...

Ivan Markovic transports viewers into a world of technicolor with this collection of works inspired by Bernini's angels. Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte ...

A cheerful 1950s Mid-Century Modern New York City neighborhood Social Realist street scene, "Lunch Hour" by notable artist, Henry Ives Cobb, Jr, (1883-1974). Depicting a scene of ho...

A striking Machine Age Modern oil painting of the historic Harlem River Lift Span, Triborough Bridge, New York City by notable American artist, Lessing Whitford Williams (1894-1989)....

A Striking 1930s American Modern Figure Study of a Standing Female Bather by Notable Chicago Artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990). A wonderful, early Art Deco-era example of A...

A Moody, Captivating 1920s Modern Paris Nocturne Scene of Notre Dame Cathedral by Notable Florida WPA Era Artist, George Snow Hill. Oil on panel, dating circa 1928. Artwork size: ...

The subdued lavender and rose tones in this horizon painting recall Aeling’s extended observation of evening light on the Nebraska and Kansas plains. His interest in meteorological t...

A Large, Dynamic 1960s Mid-Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Painting by Notable Chicago Artist, George Waite (Am. 1935-1994). Executed in the artist's signature palette of brig...

Harmony This painting feels especially important in understanding Bruno Surdo’s artistic roots because it is not simply an homage to Raphael — it is also a return to one of the forma...

Cuentos del abuelo Enrique explores the unstable space between memory, storytelling, and historical truth. The work draws from Esteban La Rotta’s grandfather’s recollections of El B...

A pillow book was meant to teach a young bride about the art of lovemaking. This rare museum-quality 19th century example is composed of 12 masterfully pai...

A Compelling 1940s Social Realist New York Scene, "Under-privileged Americans" by Notable American Modern Artist, John R. Grabach (Am. 1880-1981). Depicting a bleakly rendered inter...

In this striking monochromatic interpretation inspired by Bernini’s angels, Ivan Marković distills Baroque drama into raw, gestural intensity. Against a deep black ground, the angeli...

A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyotaku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pe...

Using pornography as a vehicle for understanding, Rick Sindt's work explores the discovery and development of queer attraction. Sindt transforms pornographi...

Interchange Between Myth and Reality is Bruno Surdo’s contemporary banquet scene—an ambitious reimagining of the grand Venetian feast painting for the 2...

A captivating 1930s New York Social Realist lithograph by famed American Modern artist and illustrator Don Freeman, Titled "Front Street in the Wee Hours", the lithograph is a moody...

A large, compelling Social Realist tenement and city street scene, "Central Ward, NJ" by notable American Modern artist, Walter Nowatka (Am. born 1945). Artwork size: 36 x 24 inche...

"Sisters" Suri People of the Omo Valley, Ethiopia, 2023 20 x 30 in / Edition of 6 - $4,500 Also available: 32 x 48 in / Edition of 6 - $7,500 40 x 60 in / Edition of 6 - $10,500 5...

"Yellow Constellation (96 85 93)" is a captivating 2025 contemporary wall sculpture by the celebrated Czech-born artist Yvette Kaiser Smith, who currently lives and works in Chicago...

A Brooding, Compelling 1940s American Scene, Social Realist Oil Painting, "Tenement Ruins" by Notable Canadian / American artist Emil Weddige (1907-2001). Oil on canvas, dating from...

A stylish, colorful Mid-Century Modern portrait of a seated young woman in a pink dress by famed Chicago Modern artist, Francis Chapin. A fashionably dressed, young model is seated ...

Bird Song unfolds like a quiet myth written in gold. The surface glows with a warm, burnished luminosity, evoking illuminated manuscripts or ancient icons, yet the scene resists reve...

In Greek mythology, Gaia is the primordial goddess of the Earth, the mother of all, and a powerful force who shaped the cosmos and intervened in the affairs of gods and mortals alike...

Original 1931 collotype created from Gustav Kilmt’s Portrait of Friederike Maria Beer, oil on canvas, 1916. Published by Max Eisler and printed by Österreichischer Staatsdruckerei (Austrian State Printing Office), Vienna, in an edition of 500. In 1931, Max Eisler published the most notable posthumous collection of Gustav Klimt works to date. Using a complex gravure process, Klimt’s original oil paintings were painstakingly reproduced as collotypes on a handmade, deckled-edge cream wove paper. This world-class example of collotype captures the superb resolution and color-richness and ornamentation of the original 1916 oil painting. "Friederike-Maria suggested that Klimt should paint her in a Viennese Workshop dress; she wore these exclusively. She was also very proud of a fur coat she owned, particularly during the hardship of the First World War, and Klimt decided that she should wear the coat too, but inside out, so that the decorative lining, also by the Viennese Workshop, was visible. Klimt decided to make use of an imaginary oriental screen...

A Striking, Colorful 1930s Modern Surrealist Abstraction by Notable New York Avant Garde Artist, Hannah Harari (Am. 1912-2000). Titled "To the Wind", the artwork is colored pencil a...

"Spot On" (B&W) Segera Conservancy, Kenya - 2025 Archival Pigment Print Available Sizes: Edition of 20: 24” x 36” (61 x 91.4 cm) $4,500 Edition of 15: 31” x 46.5” (78.7 x 118.1 c...

Original collotype created from Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Lady in Red and Black. Published and edited by Verlag H.O. Miethke and printed by k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, in an edition of 300. Collotype on chine colle paper laid down on heavy deckled-edge cream-wove paper. Between 1908 and 1914, H.O. Miethke published Das Werk Gustav Klimts...

A large, dynamic Mid-Century Modern summer landscape painting with female bathers by notable Chicago artist, Rudolph Pen. A superb example of the artist's uniquely expressive figura...

American West (B&W) 2021 ARCHIVAL PIGMENT PRINT Unframed Sizes: 40 x 60 in (101.6 x 152.4 cm) - Edition of 10 + 2 AP (Artist Proofs) SILVER GELATIN PRINT Unframed Size: 11.3 x 17 i...

“Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head and then kicks you in the ass.” Roger Ebert “[Shay’s work] ranks with some of the greats of the 20...

A Compelling, 1951 Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Man by Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Artwork size: 12 x 9 1/2 inches. Artwork is unframed, matted/...

A Large, Dynamic Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Horse Race by noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph Pen. Artwork size: 24" x 36"; oil on Masonite. Framed size: 25" x 37". Signed "Pen" ...

A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on hand-made Mulberry paper the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. This artwork is unframed. Contact gallery for framing options. Jeff Conroy Goldilocks - Green Goblin...

An impression from the 1st edition published in 1799, the only edition published during Goya's lifetime. References: Los Caprichos Plate 15; Delteil 52; Harris 50 III.1 Prado ...

A dynamic, 1950s Mid-Century Modern horse race painting by noted Chicago artist, Rudolph Pen. Artwork size: 27" x 23"; oil on Masonite. Framed size: 27 1/2" x 23 1/2". Signed "Pe...