Facade of the Art Institute
<p>The Art Institute towers over the automobiles lining East Adams Street in Otto Schneider’s etching of a familiar local vista. The artist’s vision allows us to imagine the hustle and bustle of early 20th-century Chicago as cars speed down Michigan Avenue and pedestrians make their way down the sidewalk. Schneider attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for a brief period before embarking upon a career as an illustrator.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1895
- Dimensions
- Plate: 25.5 × 21.8 cm (10 1/16 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet: 35.3 × 28.7 cm (13 15/16 × 11 5/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Otto Henry Schneider
Artist
Mixed Media
Otto Henry Schneider was an American artist, known for his landscape and figure paintings. From 1923 until his death in 1950, he taught at the San Diego Academy of Fine Arts in Balboa Park.
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1927 · Etching on cream laid paper
Michigan Avenue
1925 · Etching on cream laid paper
Grant Park
1917 · Etching on ivory wove paper
Record
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- Otto Henry Schneider
- Year
- 1895
- Dimensions
- Plate: 25.5 × 21.8 cm (10 1/16 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet: 35.3 × 28.7 cm (13 15/16 × 11 5/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1895-050020
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified