Art offers healing powers in a variety of ways. In Chicago, an important gallery exhibition of rare etchings by the Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijns benefits the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.

The special show at R.S. Johnson Fine Art, established in 1955 and specializing in works ranging from Old Master works on paper to 19th and 20th Century paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture, is gallery owner Stanley Johnson’s way to draw attention to RIC’s work and to thank the Institute for helping him get back on his feet following a stroke. 

Last fall Johnson told friends in a letter, “Eighteen months ago, as the result of a stroke, I suddenly was paralyzed from head to foot and was brought by ambulance to the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago...Today, thanks to the RIC, I am back on my feet: working, traveling the world and walking one to two miles daily.” 

Rembrandt - Major Graphic Works features 31 works of art, with the exception of two, from Johnson’s own and other private collections. The exhibition runs through January 31, 2015.

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