Lorado Zadok Taft (April 29, 1860 – October 30, 1936) was an American sculptor, writer and educator.[1] Part of the American Renaissance movement, his monumental pieces include, Fountain of Time, Spirit of the Great Lakes, and The Eternal Indian. His 1903 book, The History of American Sculpture, was the first survey of the subject and stood for decades as the standard reference. He has been credited with helping to advance the status of women as sculptors.
Taft was the father of U.S. Representative Emily Taft Douglas, father-in-law to her husband, U.S. Senator Paul Douglas, and a distant relative of U.S. President William Howard Taft.
^"Mr. Lorado Taft Dies; Leading Sculptor; Creator of Some of Country's Outstanding Monuments is Stricken at 76; Was Teacher in Chicago". The New York Times. October 31, 1936. p. 19.
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of Chicago Press to the south. Later designers and artists, including LoradoTaft, and Eero Saarinen added or sought to add their vision to the Midway...
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