Idyl and Pastoral - by Lorado Taft
1913 / Marble
Location: Garfield Park Conservatory
Idyl - by Lorado Taft
Pastoral 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
greenhouse, something that would add to the impressions of fairyland which strikes all visitors in that wonderful place."
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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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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