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Trip to Eagle's Nest Art Colony: May 14, 2017.
EAGLE's NEST ART COLONY 1898 - 1942.
The Eagle's Nest Art Colony is now Lorado Taft Field Campus, a part of the Northern Illinois University [NIU].
The Eagle's Nest Art Colony Association was founded in 1898 by American sculptor Lorado Taft. It stood on the bluffs flanking the east bank of the Rock River, overlooking Oregon,...
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The Seven Muses - by Students of Lorado Taft. The sculpture is also known as the Funeral Procession.
Year: 1902
Location: Eagle's Nest Art Colony. The Eagle’s Nest Art Colony is now Lorado Taft Field Campus, a part of the Northern Illinois University [NIU].
The sculpture was designed and executed by students of Lorado Taft in 1902. The...
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OREGON PUBLIC LIBRARY, OREGON, ILLINOIS.
The Oregon Public Library was established in 1872.
The library resided in rental space until the early 1900’s, when Andrew Carnegie announced that he would donate $10,000 for a public library in Oregon.
The building architect: Chicago architects Pond and Pond.
Opened: 1908
National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 2003.
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The Blind - by Lorado Taft
Modeled [plaster]: 1908 / Cast bronze : 1988.
The sculpture was cast in bronze in 1988, that is nearly after nearly 80 years of plaster model in 1908, and more than 50 years after the death of Lorado Taft in 1936.
Taft presented the working plaster model [1908] to...
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Women Made Public Art in Chicago
From working as studio assistants to being formally trained, having their own studios, and producing their own masterpieces, women have come a long way..
In the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition held in Chicago, Lorado Taft employed a group of women ssistants, an occurrence that was virtually unheard of at that time. The story goes...
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Untitled - by Pablo Picasso
Unveiled: August 15, 1967.
Location: Richard J. Daley Civic Center Plaza, 50 W. Washington Street.
The sculpture is a gift by the artist Pablo Picasso to the people of Chicago.
Made of Corrosive Tensile ["Cor-Ten"] steel / 50 feet tall / 162 tons weight.
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"Chicago's Picasso" is said to be the most consequential sculptural installation in Chicago.
This post is about examining the widely accepted notion. Its significance can be evaluated by analyzing its impact on sculptures, sculptors and public policies.
Above Image: Untitled - by Pablo Picasso Flamingo - by Alexander Calder Untitled - by Herbert Ferber.
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Untitled - by Pablo Picasso
Unveiled: August 15, 1967.
Location: Richard J. Daley Civic Center Plaza, 50 W. Washington Street.
The sculpture is a gift by the artist Pablo Picasso to the people of Chicago.
Made of Corrosive Tensile ["Cor-Ten"] steel / 50 feet tall / 162 tons weight.
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Monument to the Great Northern Migration - by Sculptor: Alison Saar
Installed: 1996
Bronze / Height: 15ft.
Location: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. at 26 street.
City of Chicago Public Art Collection
This bronze figure is a testament to the thousands of African Americans who migrated to Chicago in the early 20th century in...
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Haymarket Memorial - by Mary Brogger
Installed: 2004.
Location: Desplaines St. between Lake and Randolph Sts..
Description: Bronze, H 15 ft. x W 9 ft. x L 16 ft.
This memorial marks the actual spot where the wagon used as the speaker's platform stood on the evening of May 4, 1886.
The site of Haymarket Tragedy was designated a...
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