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| Book Review | Indiana Magazine of History, 102.2 | The History Cooperative
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June, 2006
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Chicago Painting 1895–1945
The Bridges Collection

By Wendy Greenhouse and Susan Weininger
(Springfield: University of Illinois Press with the Illinois State Museum, 2004. Pp. 251. Illustrations, notes, checklist of the collection. Paperbound, $32.95.)

The publication of Chicago Painting 1895–1945: The Bridges Collection follows a 2000–2001 traveling exhibition organized by the Illinois State Museum and displayed in Chicago as well as in three of the museum's ancillary galleries. Produced in collaboration with the University of Illinois Press, the book offers an ambitious overview of Chicago art and artists at the turn of the last century. 1
      Although some museum professionals may question the decision to offer a single donor an exclusive exhibit and publication, the variety and quality of the paintings owned by Powell and Barbara Bridges prove worthwhile both as educational tools and as historical documentation of the city's artistic trends. The book's three main sections include two well-researched essays as well as a catalog comprising succinct biographies of each of the forty-nine artists along with fine images of the works themselves. An introduction by Susan C. Larsen deftly discusses the nature of art collecting, traces the evolution of the Bridges' accumulation of artwork, and summarizes the artists and styles represented in the collection. . . .
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