September 14, 2006 – May 11, 2007
![Myron Kozman, Abstraction #214, 1941. Screenprint. Collection of DePaul University, gift of Louise and Bruce Lincoln, 2004.1](/art-museum/exhibitions/PublishingImages/chicago-at-midcentury-2006/2004_1L.jpg)
Myron Kozman, Abstraction #214, 1941. Screenprint. Collection of DePaul University, gift of Louise and Bruce Lincoln, 2004.1
![Thomas H. Kapsalis, Cut Glass '70' No. 2, 1970. Screenprint. Collection of DePaul Art Museum, 5167](/art-museum/exhibitions/PublishingImages/chicago-at-midcentury-2006/5167L.jpg)
Thomas H. Kapsalis, Cut Glass '70' No. 2, 1970. Screenprint. Collection of DePaul Art Museum, 5167
![Karl Wirsum, Alter Ear, 1965. Wax, pigment and ink on paper. Collection of DePaul Art Museum, 2003.11](/art-museum/exhibitions/PublishingImages/chicago-at-midcentury-2006/2003_11L.jpg)
Karl Wirsum, Alter Ear, 1965. Wax, pigment and ink on paper. Collection of DePaul Art Museum, 2003.11
![Harry Callahan, Untitled, 1960. Silver gelatin print. Collection of DePaul Art Museum, Art Endowment Fund, 2003.15](/art-museum/exhibitions/PublishingImages/chicago-at-midcentury-2006/2003_15.jpg)
Harry Callahan, Untitled, 1960. Silver gelatin print. Collection of DePaul Art Museum, Art Endowment Fund, 2003.15
![Gladys Nilsson, Harporing Water, 1970. Pigment on paper. Collection of DePaul Art Museum, 2003.9](/art-museum/exhibitions/PublishingImages/chicago-at-midcentury-2006/2003_9L.jpg)
Gladys Nilsson, Harporing Water, 1970. Pigment on paper. Collection of DePaul Art Museum, 2003.9
![Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Convex-Concave, 1940. Silver gelatin print. Collection of DePaul Art Museum, 2004.45](/art-museum/exhibitions/PublishingImages/chicago-at-midcentury-2006/2004_45.jpg)
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Convex-Concave, 1940. Silver gelatin print. Collection of DePaul Art Museum, 2004.45
![Morris Barazani, Earth Moods, 1968–69. Oil on Canvas. Collection of the DePaul Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2005.27](/art-museum/exhibitions/PublishingImages/chicago-at-midcentury-2006/2005_27.jpg)
Morris Barazani, Earth Moods, 1968–69. Oil on Canvas. Collection of the DePaul Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2005.27
![Claude Bentley, Alter Ego, 1949. Lithograph. Collection of DePaul University, gift of Nathan Schwartz, 5189](/art-museum/exhibitions/PublishingImages/chicago-at-midcentury-2006/5189L.jpg)
Claude Bentley, Alter Ego, 1949. Lithograph. Collection of DePaul University, gift of Nathan Schwartz, 5189
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In the mid-twentieth century, as New York became the center of the art world, Chicago artists responded to the same social and intellectual currents, but with a distinctly regional focus. This exhibition brings together the work of more than twenty artists active at the time and demonstrates the diversity of their interests and approaches.