Illinois Art History - Museums and other non-profit sources of Resource Library articles and essays

Illinois Art History

with an emphasis on representational art

Museums and other non-profit sources of Resource Library articles and essays

(above: Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, with The Republic statue and Administration Building Photo: The Project Gutenberg EBook of Official Views Of The World's Columbian Exposition, public domain via Wikimedia Commons)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cedarhurst Art Center

Chicago Cultural Center

Chicago Historical Society

Concordia University - Ferguson Gallery

Discovery Center Museum

Freeport Art Museum

Illinois State Museum

Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art

Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences

Loyola University Museum of Art

Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

Oil Painters of America Representational

Rockford Art Museum

School of Representational Art

Smart Museum of Art - University of Chicago

Tarble Arts Center at Eastern Illinois University

Terra Museum of American Art

(above: John Buczak, 44th Annual Exhibition, The Art Institute of Chicago. Works Projects Administration)

TFAO's Distinguished Artists catalogue provides online access to biographical information for artists associated with this state. Also, Search Resource Library for online articles and essays concerning both individual artists associated with this state's history and the history of art centers and museums in this state. Resource Library articles and essays devoted to individual artists and institutions are not listed on this page.

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TFAO catalogues:

American Representational Art links to dozens of topics in American Representational Art
Audio Online a catalogue of online streaming audio recordings
Collections of Historic American Art notable private collections
Distinguished Artists a national registry of historic artists
Geographic Tour of American Representational Art History a catalogue of articles and essays that describe the evolution of American art from the inception of the United States to WWII.
Illustrated Audio Online streaming online narrated slide shows
Articles and Essays Online substantive texts published outside of Resource Library
Videos Online a comprehensive catalogue of online full motion videos streamed free to viewers
Videos an authoritative guide to videos in VHS and DVD format
Books general reference books published on paper
Interactive media media in CD-ROM format
Magazines paper-published magazines and journals

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