Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Art Institute of Chicago" in English language version.
Celebrated masterpieces: Nighthawks; American Gothic; A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.
Volunteerism surged in the United States in the postwar period […] In this context, the Art Institute's Woman's Board was established in 1952 […] The Woman's Board also helped to create the museum's Docent Program in 1961 with the Junior League of Chicago as a means of revitalizing and expanding programming for children
Must-see masterpieces: Georges Seurat's A Sunday on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Nighthawks, and Vincent Van Gogh's Bedroom in Arles.
Crain's Chicago Business and ProPublica have identified at least nine objects once owned by James and Marilynn Alsdorf that have been sent back to their countries of origin since the late 1980s. Nepali activists — and government officials, in one case — are pressing for the return of more Alsdorf objects donated to the Art Institute of Chicago, saying they have evidence the pieces may have been looted and sold on the art market.
The heirs of Holocaust victims Friedrich and Louise Gutmann, Nick and Simon Goodman and Lili Gutmann, filed a claim against the art dealer Daniel Searle. Searle was the owner of the painting "Landscape with Smokestacks" by Edgar Degas and was a Trustee of the Art Institute of Chicago, where the painting was on loan. The painting was allegedly looted by the Nazis during the Second World War. After four years of litigation, the parties agreed to share the ownership of the painting. The Gutmann heirs' interest in the ownership was bought by the Art Institute of Chicago.
Volunteerism surged in the United States in the postwar period […] In this context, the Art Institute's Woman's Board was established in 1952 […] The Woman's Board also helped to create the museum's Docent Program in 1961 with the Junior League of Chicago as a means of revitalizing and expanding programming for children
