Lorado Taft
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Lorado Zadok Taft was an American sculptor, writer and educator. A proponent of the American Renaissance movement, his work was concentrated in his home state of Illinois and elsewhere in the American
Taft in 1934
Taft at work on Fountain of the Great Lakes in Lorado Taft Midway Studios in 1913
The Recording Angel, 1923
Part of the Fountain of Creation (1933, unfinished), at the Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fountain of the Great Lakes
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Fountain of the Great Lakes, or Spirit of the Great Lakes Fountain, is an allegorical sculpture and fountain by Lorado Taft. The bronze artwork, created between 1907 and 1913, depicts five women arran
Lorado Taft
…movement, his work was concentrated in his home state of Illinois and elsewhere in the American Midwest. His monumental pieces include Fountain of Time, Spirit of the Great Lakes, and The Eternal Indian. His 1903 book, The History of American Sculpture, was the first survey of the subject and stood for decades as the standard…
View looking east in Art Institute of Chicago South McCormick Court at the west-facing fountain
Taft in front of Fountain of the Great Lakes figures (1909)
The surrounding garden was designed by Dan Kiley.
B. F. Ferguson, Commissioner, name is included on this surface. Bars can be seen limiting access to rear view.