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Chicago Michigan Avenue #1083A pen & ink drawing of downtown in front of the Art Institute. Prints come in large, matted, and framed.
Chicago Michigan Avenue #1083A pen & ink city scene drawing of downtown in front of the Art Institute.
Michigan Avenue is a pen & ink city scene drawing, which is for sale here. Discount offered on prints by artist Stephen F. Condren, BFA, SAIC. Condren Galleries is a Fine Arts Gallery, offering JPEG & PDF scans.
City Scene
This is a lovely city scene is in the wintertime on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago, Illinois. Because the boulevard is right in the heart of the city it attracts a lot of tourists. To the right you can just see the pediments to the world famous Art Institute of Chicago. Most importantly, elms trees gracefully bow over the pedestrians as they walk by making a “cathedral walkway”. On the left side is the University Club of Chicago followed by the Chicago Athletic Association and then the Willoughby Tower, which are private.
Art Institute of Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago is in the center of the drawing because it is the focus of the drawing. In front can be seen the famous lions because they guard the entry. Most importantly the lions grace the main entrance on each side of the staircase at the entry of the Art Institute as guardians of Art. If you look carefully above and beyond the lion you can make out the Wrigley Building in this city scene. Because the large Victorian Lamps that adorn the curbs of the street are a newer innovation that adds nicely to the décor of the street. Downtown Chicago Michigan Avenue pen & ink drawing. Because of its vast collections, the Art Institute is ranked as a world class Fine Art Museum. Most importantly the museum has the largest collection of French Impressionist paintings in the United States of America.
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