Category Archives: Sculptor: Favorite: Lorado Taft

 

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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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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.

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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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