The Solitude of the Soul by Lorado Taft

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The Solitude of the Soul Modeled 1901, sculpted 1914 Lorado Taft American, 1860-1936 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 Insitute 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."