Virtual Sketching: The Richard H. Driehaus Museum, Chicago

Virtual Sketching with the Chicago ICAA:

The Richard H. Driehaus Museum

Chicago ICAA would like to invite you to join us for our virtual weekly sketching exercise. This week's subject is the Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

Steps away from Chicago's Magnificent Mile, the Driehaus Museum is a fascinating and rare example of the palatial homes erected by the wealthy of America's Gilded Age. The galleries are elegantly furnished with pieces from the most celebrated designers of the late 19th and early 20th century, such as Louis Comfort Tiffany and the Herter Brothers. This Decorative Arts collection is presented in harmony with the immaculately-restored interiors and surviving furnishings of the 1879 Samuel M. Nickerson Mansion, which was designated a Chicago landmark in 1977.

Our Process

• Chicago ICAA will provide reference images each Monday for the selected building or focus. You may use any media or technique of your choice.
• Reference images can be found here.
• Please forward a JPG file of your sketch to [email protected] by Sunday evening following the sketch date and we will post to the Chicago ICAA Instagram account on Monday afternoon. Please include your Instagram handle in the email in order to tag your sketch.
• Post to your own Instagram account using #icaachicago #connectingthroughsketching #classicalarchitecture #classicismathome #virtualsketching

Ends Sunday, August 23rd at midnight.

This week's Virtual Sketching is made possible by the generous support of our sponsor DMG Architectural Specialists.