Inspired by Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Ravinia Festival partnered with the Art Institute of Chicago to introduce thousands of children and the public to connections between music and art. Students listened to, performed and created original art inspired by Pictures at an Exhibition and studied works from the Art Institutes collection that were inspired by music, such as the works below. Click here to see examples of art inspired by music that were created by Highland Park middle school art students.
Thousands of public school students in Chicago, Highland Park, North Chicago and Waukegan were introduced to classical music through Ravinia’s One Score, One Chicago program this year. The students learned about Pictures at an Exhibition, the 10-part work originally written for piano by Modest Mussorgsky in 1875 and then arranged for orchestra by Maurice Ravel, in three stages. Click here to learn more.
Isaac Sinnett
Project Manager, REACH*TEACH*PLAY
Archibald John Motley, Jr.
American, 1891-1981
Nightlife, 1943
Oil on canvas
91.4 x 121.3 cm (36 x 47 3/4 in.)
Signed and dated lower right: A. J. MOTLEY / 1943
The Art Institute of Chicago
Restricted gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Field, Jack and Sandra Guthman, Ben W. Heineman, Ruth Horwich, Lewis and Susan Manilow, Beatrice C. Mayer, Charles A. Meyer, John D. Nichols, and Mr. and Mrs. E.B. Smith, Jr.; James W. Alsdorf Memorial Fund; Goodman Endowment, 1992.89
Viktor Schreckengost
American, 1906-2008
Made for Cowan Pottery Studio (1913-1931)
Rocky River, Ohio
Jazz Bowl, c. 1931
Glazed earthenware with engobe, sgraffito
23.5 cm x 42.6 x 43.2 cm (9 1/4 in. x 16 3/4 x 17 in.)
Signed on body "VIKTOR SCHRECKEGOST", impressed on underside with "COWAN" and firm's mark
The Art Institute of Chicago
Through prior acquisition of the Antiquarian Society; Thorne Rooms exhibition Fund; Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughn; and the Winfield Foundation, 2004.1