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Oct 14, 1887 Wardner, Idaho, United States Died on 05 Feb 1968 (aged 80)
Canadian sculptor (1887-1968)
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About Frances Loring
- Frances Norma Loring, a Canadian sculptor, was born on October 14, 1887 in Wardner, Idaho and died February 5, 1968 in Newmarket, ON.
- In 1920 Lorning was a member of both the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and the Ontario Society of Artists, she was a founding member (1928) and subsequently president (1940s) of the Sculptors' Society of Canada.
- Later she was involved in the organization of the Federation of Canadian Artists (1941) and the Canada Council (1950s).
- In 1960 she was the Canadian representative at the Venice Biennale.
- Loring was the creator of two famous sculptures in Canada, Queen Elizabeth Way Monument (1939), located now in Toronto and a statue of Robert Borden (1957), located on Parliament Hill, Ottawa.
