Chicago

Hoping to break the monotony of winter, we trekked down to Chicago this past weekend and meandered around the Chicago Institute of Art. 

I didn't know much about the museum but was surprised at how many famous pieces of work were on exhibit (such as Van Gogh, Monet, Seurat, Manet and Renoir).  I was most surprised at how large or small some of the pieces were.  I remembered some of the paintings from my art history class but had no idea of the scale of these works.  For example, the Seurat picture above is huge!  The people are almost life size.

After looking at so many pieces of art, I can't help but wonder how many painting these artists had to do before they got this good.  Probably way to many.

Anyways, we enjoyed our time there and in Chicago.  Next time we'll have to make it to the Modern part of the museum...we spent just about all our time in the impressionistic wing.