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Ontario Sends Greetings to the Sea, Lorado Taft, 1935, American Paintings and Sculpture

Gift of the Society of Medalists, 1935 Size: Diam. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm) Medium: Bronze

The Solitude of the Soul, Lorado Taft, 1901, Art Institute of Chicago: American Art

The Neoclassicism of the sculptors Harriet Hosmer and Randolph Rogers was replaced in the second half of the 19th century by the more realistic naturalism of French-trained sculptors such as Lorado Taft. An instructor in modeling at the School of the Art Institute for 20 years, Taft created public monuments for Chicago that made the city a center for sculpture. The figures in this work are only partly freed from the marble, a technique that emphasizes the mass and outline of the stone. Explaining The Solitude of the Soul, Taft wrote, “The thought is the eternally present fact that however closely we may be thrown together by circumstances . . . we are unknown to each other.” Friends of American Art Collection Size: H.: 231.1 cm (91 in.); base 129.5 × 105.4 cm (51 × 41 1/2 in.) Medium: Marble

Medal Commemorating James Whitcomb Riley, Lorado Taft, 1916, Art Institute of Chicago: American Art

Gift of an Anonymous Donor Size: Diam. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.) Medium: Bronze

Mother and Child, Lorado Taft, 1914, Art Institute of Chicago: American Art

Gift of Infant Welfare Society of Chicago in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Society Size: 38.1 × 35.6 cm (15 × 14 in.) Medium: Bronze

Medal Commemorating James Whitcomb Riley, Lorado Taft, 1916, Art Institute of Chicago: American Art

Gift of an Anonymous Donor Size: Diam. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.) Medium: Bronze

Medal Commemorating James Whitcomb Riley, Lorado Taft, 1916, Art Institute of Chicago: American Art

Gift of an Anonymous Donor Size: Diam. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.) Medium: Bronze

Ontario Sends Greetings to the Sea, Lorado Taft, 1935, American Paintings and Sculpture

Gift of the Society of Medalists, 1935 Size: Diam. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm) Medium: Bronze