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Lorado Taft

American sculptor and writer (1860–1936)
Person Human Q1869845

Facts

26 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[20]
Date of birth
April 29, 1860
Date of death
October 30, 1936
Place of birth
Elmwood
Place of death
Chicago
Country of citizenship
United States[11]
Occupation
sculptor, writer, art historian
Employer
University of Chicago[12]
Educated at
Beaux-Arts de Paris, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign[13][14]
Notable work
Fountain of Time, Alma Mater, Fountain of the Great Lakes[16][17][18]
Father
Don Carlos Taft[9]
Child
Emily Taft Douglas[10]
Sibling
Zulime Taft
Work location
United States
Artist files at
Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, Frick Art Research Library
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
Described by source
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The New Student's Reference Work, New International Encyclopedia
Family
Taft family[21]
Family name
Taft[22]
Given name
Lorado[23]
Has works in the collection
National Gallery of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Letters[19]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library, WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot — Smithsonian Libraries — Artists Files
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Place of burial
Elmwood Township Cemetery[8]
Student
Belle Kinney Scholz[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Lorado Taft en Lorado Zadoc Taft en Lorado Zadok Taft ar لورادو زادوك تافت de Lorado Zadoc Taft he לורדו טאפט it Taft lorado ja ロラド・タフト ru Лорадо Тафт ru Тафт, Лорадо zh 莱若多·塔夫特 zh-hant 萊若多·塔夫特
🔖 Identifiers · 61
ISNI
0000000066842877
VIAF cluster ID
74685959
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n83121888
GND ID
120517825
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Lorado Taft, 1934 (cropped).jpg ↗
ARTIC artist ID
36867
American Academy in Rome ID
12423571
American National Biography ID
1700846
Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID
151061603
ArchINFORM person/group ID
59121
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/81413
Artist-info artist ID
308322
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Artists of the World ID
00156093
Artnet artist ID
lorado-taft
AskArt person ID
89529
BabelNet ID
00052014n
Benezit ID
B00179020
Collective Biographies of Women ID
14492
Dictionary of Art Historians ID
taftl
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Lorado-Taft
Europeana entity
agent/base/67411
FAST ID
113698
FES digital collections entity ID
425023
Find a Grave memorial ID
5830468
Freebase ID
/m/03prn_
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
991000433099707141
Geni profile ID
6000000010123784332
Grove Art Online ID
T2214270
HAND ID
1FB8-B492-E590-D696-9FE6
IdRef ID
191354570
Interlingual Index ID
i97087
Invaluable.com person ID
n5yiw3rthf
J9U entity ID
987007275782505171
KBR person ID
14050189
Libraries Australia ID
35537787
LibriVox author ID
11931
Met Constituent ID
3373
Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID
53286
NLA Trove people ID
988705
NUKAT ID
n2010057303
National Gallery of Art artist ID
42175
National Virtual Library of India ID
810410
Open Library ID
OL363071A
OpenMLOL author ID
327807
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803101903971
Pacific Coast Architecture Database person ID
3831
Prabook ID
938766
Project Gutenberg author ID
45549
RKDartists ID
315131
Reg-Arts artist ID
3.0785
SEARCH on line catalogue ID
49120
SNAC ARK ID
w61j9d3c
Saint Louis Art Museum person ID
2834
Smithsonian American Art Museum person/institution ID
4731
Treccani ID
lorado-taft
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
lorado-taft
Union List of Artist Names ID
500115832
WikiTree person ID
Taft-723
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
11348925-n
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJxxcFpRGykmdRT7xFGfv3
Yale LUX ID
person/96fc353d-690b-4fcc-972e-b1f42e1111b4

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 3
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia, Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
Has works in the collection 3
National Gallery of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Occupation 3
writer, sculptor, art historian
← Creator 3
Fountain of Time, Columbus Fountain, Fountain of the Great Lakes
Educated at 2
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Beaux-Arts de Paris
Notable work 2
Fountain of Time, Fountain of the Great Lakes
Students 2
Enid Yandell, Bessie Potter Vonnoh
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Employer 1
University of Chicago
Instance of 1
human
Member of 1
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Place of birth 1
Elmwood
Place of death 1
Chicago
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
United States
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Summary

Lorado Taft's place of birth was Elmwood[1]. He was born on April 29, 1860[2]. He died in Chicago[3]. He died on October 30, 1936[4]. He worked as a sculptor[5], writer[6], and art historian[7].

Body

Education

Educated at Beaux-Arts de Paris[13], an art academy[24], in France[25], founded in 1797[26], headquartered in 6th arrondissement of Paris[27] and University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign[14], a public research university[28], in United States[29], founded in 1867[30].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include Fountain of Time[16], a sculpture[31], in United States[32], founded in 1920[33]; Alma Mater[17], a sculpture[34], in United States[35], founded in 1929[36]; and Fountain of the Great Lakes[18], a sculpture[37], in United States[38], founded in 1907[39].

FAQs

Where was Lorado Taft born?

Lorado Taft's place of birth was Elmwood[1].

Where did Lorado Taft die?

Lorado Taft passed away in Chicago[3].

Who were Lorado Taft's parents?

Lorado Taft's father was Don Carlos Taft[9].

What did Lorado Taft do for work?

Lorado Taft worked as sculptor[5], writer[6], and art historian[7].

Where did Lorado Taft go to school?

Lorado Taft was educated at Beaux-Arts de Paris[13] and University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign[14].

Related Entities

National Gallery of Art United States University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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