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Title
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Skokie Public Library Permanent Art Collection
Description
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Skokie Public Library’s permanent art collection began in the late 1960s and has grown steadily since then from a small collection of paintings by emerging Chicago artists to an eclectic mix of large-scale sculptures, paintings, prints, and tapestries from local, national, and international artists. <br /><br />Through a combination of gifts from generous private donors and assisting funds from the Illinois Arts Council, each work of art in the library enlivens the walls and courtyards of this award-winning building, providing visitors with visual inspiration. <br /><br />This digital collection provides you with a virtual tour of the items in our collection.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Watercolor on paper
Physical Dimensions
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26 1/2 x 34 in.
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Title
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Untitled [Milwaukee Industrial Area]
Creator
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Gessert, Earl, 1918-1996
Description
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Painting of houses and industrial buildings with telephone poles and a white picket fence. Overall colors of dark blue, purple, and green on a light background. Undated.<br /><br />Known as Milwaukee’s “Milkman Artist,” Earl Gessert (1918-1996) worked as a milkman in the mornings for more than twenty years so that he was free to paint and teach in the afternoons. Gessert studied art and later taught at the Layton School of Art. According to the Museum of Wisconsin Art’s website, “he loved to paint industrialization and street scenes as if they had a life of their own… [H]e also helped form the Wisconsin Watercolor Society [and later] moved… to Arizona where he continued… painting every day until he was too ill to do so.”<br /><br /><strong>Located on the east wall near the northeast corner of the Second Floor.</strong>
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jpeg
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Identifier
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Untitled-by-Earl-Gessert.jpg
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Collection of Skokie Public Library. Gift of Harry and Diana Hunter, 1989.
art collection
on display
paintings
second floor