M. Christine Schwartz Collection

The M. Christine Schwartz Collection consists of more than one hundred paintings by artists associated with Chicago between the mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries. Included are landscapes, portraits, city views, still lifes, and figural works in a variety of academic and modernist styles, with particular emphasis on conservative impressionism. To view the entire collection visit our website, which offers a brief biographical sketch of each artist and a compact essay about and zoomable image of each of the paintings.