Frances Loring, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frances Loring

Canadian sculptor (1887-1968)

Date of Birth: 14-Oct-1887

Place of Birth: Wardner, Idaho, United States

Date of Death: 05-Feb-1968

Profession: sculptor

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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.