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Art Institute of Chicago

5,122 works

Watercolor of choppy sea with an orange-sailed boat, a large ship, and a harbor pier under stormy clouds.

Coastal View with Shipping

Edwin Hayes, 1864

Watercolor of an officer in blue coat and bicorne hat with a sword, soldiers in rows behind him and ships in a harbor.

General with Troops in Background

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, n.d.

Red chalk study of seated figures in a wooded garden beside a statue on a pedestal, sketched in loose, flowing lines.

Study for The Feast of Love

Jean-Antoine Watteau, c. 1717

Heads of Tahitian Women, Frontal and Profile Views

Paul Gauguin, 1891/93

Pencil drawing of a dark-haired woman in a long gown seated sideways on a wooden chair, looking toward the viewer.

Mrs. William Morris Seated in Chair

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, May 1870

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling woman having a vision of the Virgin and Child among clouds and angels.

Vision of Saint Catherine of Siena

Alessandro Turchi, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of men standing in a room, some in top hats, with a doorway and a sign reading WARDS behind them.

Identification of Prisoner

Charles Samuel Keene, n.d.

Pastel study of a crouching Tahitian woman with her head resting on her arm, set against green tones on brown paper.

Crouching Tahitian Woman (related to the painting Nafea faa ipoipo [When Will You Marry?])

Paul Gauguin, 1891/93

Loose pencil sketch of a woman with upswept hair seated at a piano, glancing back over her shoulder.

Study

Anders Zorn, c. 1900

Nude Figure Standing Near a Bed

Anders Zorn, 1900/03

Pencil sketch of a seated nude woman with arms folded over her lap, signed and dated 1904 in the lower right.

Seated Female Nude

Anders Zorn, 1904

Pencil sketch of a sailing ship with billowing sails and oars over water, with a rowing boat with figures below.

Sketch of Captain Anderson's Sailing Vessel

Anders Zorn, 1893

Pencil sketch of a man in the foreground and a woman with upswept hair behind him, with a handwritten signature and date.

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Johnson

Anders Zorn, 1893

Charcoal sketch of a nude woman bending forward to dry her feet, with loose hair and tan paper background.

After the Bath (Woman Drying Her Feet)

Edgar Degas, c. 1900

Pen and ink drawing of a gentleman bowing beside two women in long skirts within a classical arcaded interior with a tiled fl

Literary Illustration with Gentleman and Two Ladies in Interior

Hubert François Gravelot, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a woman's head with lowered eyes and long hair, drawn on aged cream paper.

Head of a Tahitian Woman (recto), Sketches of Anatomical Details (verso)

Paul Gauguin, 1891/93

Drawing of a draped woman seen from behind, one arm raised, white chalk highlights on brown paper.

Study for "A Garden"

Albert Joseph Moore, c. 1869

Pen and watercolor drawing of a busy Thames harbor with sailing boats, rowboats with figures, and tall ships.

A View on the Thames

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Pencil study on tan paper of two flying figures, one holding a lyre, over a faint grid, by Puvis de Chavannes.

Two Flying Figures with a Lyre (Study for The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, c. 1883

Splashing Figure (Study for "The Large Bathers")

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1884/85

Pastel portrait of a young boy in a blue sweater against a green background with white and yellow flowers.

Portrait of Ari Redon

Odilon Redon, c. 1898

Pen and brown ink drawing of a shipwreck with a broken mast, sinking vessel and sailors struggling in rough waves.

Shipwreck

Cornelis de Wael, n.d.

Red and gray chalk drawing of a haloed figure descending over a hazy landscape toward a cloaked man in the lower right.

The Dream of Cecco Bravo

Cecco Bravo, c. 1630-1660

Pencil sketch of a row of bare trees behind a fence across a pasture, with loose hatched lines.

Pasture in Normandy

Jean-François Millet, c. 1870-71

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a long coat beside a window and drapery in an interior.

Portrait of a Man Standing in Front of Window

Benjamin West, n.d.

Head of a Sea God

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1730/40

Pastel drawing of a nude woman bending over a bath with a towel, beside green wallpaper, blue curtain and white linen.

The Morning Bath

Edgar Degas, 1887/90

Pen and wash drawing of a woman pointing directions to two robed monks beside a tree and a donkey.

Peasant Woman Giving Directions to Monks

Eugenio Agneni, 1850

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Holy Family with infant John the Baptist and two male saints in an interior.

Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Two Male Saints

Alessandro Albini, n.d.

Black chalk drawing of a nude child reclining with its back turned, head to the side, legs folded beneath.

Reclining Child from Back

Annibale Carracci, n.d.