Pastoral and Idyll - by Lorado Taft
1913 / Marble
Location: Garfield Park Conservatory
Lorado Taft originally crafted this pair of sculptures in plaster for the 1909 art exhibition in Garfield park Garden. in 1908 they were on temporary display in Humboldt Park Rose Garden. The sculptural groups were so liked by the public that the West Park Board commissioned Lorado Taft to create a permanent marble version of them.
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| Pastoral by Lorado Taft |
Pastoral by Lorado Taft
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| Idyll by Lorado Taft |
These "little whimsies... represent care-free maiden and faun-like youth of some remote period as they idle and play in the forests of Arcadia. It was my thought merely to make something graceful and appropriate for the greenhouse, something that would add to the impressions of fairyland which strikes all visitors in that wonderful place."
Lorado Taft, Sculptor / 1913
Sculptor Lorado Taft originally crafted this pair of sculptures in plaster for a 1909 art exhibition in Garfield Park Garden. In 1913, they were executed in marble and placed at the entrance of Garfield Park Conservatory's Palm House.
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| Idyll by Lorado Taft |
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| Pastoral by Lorado Taft |
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1 comment:
Thank you for sharing beautiful photos and introducing me to several sculptures not familiar to me. I esp appreciate your including dates--which increases their value for students of art history.
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