Lorado Taft
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 88 years ago |
Date of birth | April 29,1860 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Elmwood |
Illinois | |
United States | |
Date of died | October 30,1936 |
Died | Chicago |
Illinois | |
United States | |
Buried | Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Children | Emily Taft Douglas |
On view | The Art Institute of Chicago |
Place of burial | Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Parents | Don Carlos Taft |
Works | Fountain of Time |
The Solitude of the Soul | |
Black Hawk Statue | |
Education | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1592796 |
Lorado Taft Life story
Lorado Zadok Taft was an American sculptor, writer and educator. His 1903 book, The History of American Sculpture, was the first survey of the subject and stood for decades as the standard reference. He has been credited with helping to advance the status of women as sculptors.