Bruce Bachman

Bruce attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia and did graduate work at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the field of Art Collection care and Maintenance. With over thirty years experience in the field of American art, Bruce has organized several traveling museum exhibitions and arranged the loan of clients’ art work to a variety of museums and through the Art In Embassies program at the State Department. He has curated most of the exhibitions at Madron including: William S. Schwartz (1896-1977) 2005, Nudes: A Body of Work 2006, American Women Artists 2007, and The Soyer Bros. 2008. His current project is an exhibition of the works of Robert Vonnoh scheduled for Fall 2009. Please contact Bruce at bruce@madrongallery.com

Yen Shi Chin, Director

Yen concluded her First Year studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and received her BFA from the University of Michigan School of Art & Design with concentration in Art history, printmaking, ceramics and book arts.

She has managed the publicity at Madron including Nudes, Michael Slagle's Flying Low and Scattered, Jerome Witkin: Paintings and Drawings, The Soyer Bros., and curated From Fantasy to Fashion: Stan Malinowski and Nicholas Azzaro which includes archived images from Vogue, Bazaar and Valentino. She also produced events for such non profits as Chicago Foundation for Women, Hadassah, University of Michigan's Illinois Scholarship Fund, Valparaiso University, H.E.L.P. (Help Ease Local Poverty), Horizon Hospice and many more. She hopes to offer her clients a wider breadth of American works while deepening appreciation for such Impressionist artists as Robert Vonnoh, who will be the subject of a headlining show at the Gallery in Fall 2009. Please contact Yen at yen@madrongallery.com.

With over 8,000 square feet and hundreds of pieces in inventory, we are able to consistently exhibit our collection of art from the period 1890-1940 with a broad range of styles including impressionism, urban realism, regionalism and modernism. In the Exhibition Gallery (added in Oct. 2006), we emphasize changing shows and contemporary works.

Our purpose is to buy and sell art of the best available quality at a fair and reasonable price. We provide our curatorial expertise to everyone, whether they wish to create or refine a collection, are seeking one special piece, or have items they wish to sell in a quiet and confidential fashion.

Directions

From O’Hare Airport
-Take I-190 East towards CHICAGO LOOP
-I-190 East becomes I-90 East/Kennedy Expy
-Turn left onto IL-64/West North Avenue
-North & Sheffield Commons will be on your left

From Midway Airport
-Start South on S. Cicero Ave/IL-50 South
-Make a boulevard U-turn at W. 59th St. onto IL-50 North/S. Cicero Ave.
-Merge onto I-55 North/Stevenson Expy
-At Exit 292A, merge onto I-90 West/I-94 West-going toward Wisconsin
-Exit 48B, North Ave/IL-64
-Turn right onto North Avenue/IL-64
-North & Sheffield Commons will be on your left

From the Water Tower on the Magnificent Mile
-Start on N. Michigan Ave., toward E. Chicago Ave.
-Turn right on E. Chicago Ave.
-Turn right on N. LaSalle Blvd.
-Turn left on W. Division St.
-Take a slight right on N. Clybourn Ave.
-Take a slight left on W. North Ave/IL-64
-North & Sheffield Commons will be on your right

Directions to Entrance
-Stairwell entrance between Peet's Coffee and Whole Foods facing Sheffield Ave.
-Elevator entrance on side of American Eagle facing North Ave.
-When you reach the 3rd floor, pick up phone and dial 1021 to be buzzed in