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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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Alma Mater - by Lorado Taft
Unveiled on Alumni Day, June 11, 1929.
Location: UIUC Campus, Altgeld Hall corner of W Green St. and S Wright St.
UIUC is University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
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Fountain of Creation - by Lorado Taft
The Founatin of Creation was planned as a counterpart to the "Fountain of Time". Although the Fountain of Time was completed, Fountain of Creation was never completed.
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The Eternal Indian - by Lorado Taft
The Eternal Indian is popularly known as The Black Hawk
1911 / concrete
Location: Lowden State Park, Oregon, Illinois.
Is it really Black Hawk? Although it is called Black Hawk, the statue does not represent any one man. Instead it is a tribute to all Native Americans, especially those who lived...
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Oregon Public Library
The Oregon Public Library houses a small collection of artworks by members of the Eagle's Nest Art Colony. The artists donated several dozen paintings and sculptures to this local library.These are on display in a small second floor gallery. The Eagle's Nest Art Colony was founded in 1898 by American sculptor Lorado Taft on the bluffs flanking the east bank of the...
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Fish Boys - by Lorado Taft
Location: Mix Park, Oregon
The original "Fish Boys" sculptures were designed and cast in bronze as part of Taft's "Fountain of the Great Lakes", at the Chicago Art Institute of Chicago, South Garden. The Oregon's "Fish Sculptures" are constructed by a special blend of concrete and crushed quartz, incorporating pebbles from Potomac River.
Lorado Taft - My all time favorite artist!
One of my all time favorite sculptor is Lorado Taft!
Lorado Zadoc Taft [April 29, 1860 – October 30, 1936] arguably one of the greatest sculptors of Chicago was born in Elmwood, IL, and died in his home studio in Chicago. He studied art at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign [UIUC], and the Ecole des Beaux...
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