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Original ephemera from the 1933 Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago, consisting of a lecture schedule and promotional card from the Art Institute of Chicago. The typed schedule sheet details the "Daily Lectures on the Exhibition" held in Fullerton Hall from June 1 to November 1, 1933, covering the week of July 9-16.
Lectures included topics such as "From Vermeer to Cezanne: Common Sense in Painting," "From El Greco to Van Gogh: Paintings of Emotion," "The Art of Whistler," "Two Thousand Years of Eastern Art," "Spanish Masters in the Exhibition: El Greco to Picasso," and "Italian Paintings in the Exhibition." Featured lecturers included George Buehr, Dudley Crafts Watson, Helen Parker, Margaret E. Davis, Charles Fabens Kelley, and Helen F. Mackenzie. Admission was 25 cents for the 50-minute illustrated lectures.
Also mentions gallery tours of Japanese Prints on Thursdays. Accompanied by a small promotional card advertising "3 Lectures on the Century of Progress Exhibition" by Dudley Crafts Watson and museum staff, noting that paintings, sculptures, and prints were for sale in Galleries G55 to 12.
