Lora Flanegin Marx (1900–1989) was an American sculptor.

Biography

Lora Hurff Flanegin was born in

Elmwood, Illinois Elmwood is a city in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,097 at the 2010 census. Elmwood is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The settlement is named after the mansion of William J. Phe ...

in 1900. Flanegin was married to

Samuel Abraham Marx Samuel Abraham Marx (August 27, 1885 - January 1964) was an American architect, designer and interior decorator. He is generally considered a modernist, influenced by the International style. Biography Marx was born to a Jewish family in Natc ...

. Soon after their divorce, she met

Mies van der Rohe Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ( ; ; born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies; March 27, 1886August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect. He was commonly referred to as Mies, his surname. Along with Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd ...

in 1940 and they remained partners until Mies' death in 1969. Lora lived at the

900-910 North Lake Shore 900 910 North Lake Shore are a pair of glass and steel buildings, perpendicular to one another, designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago. Completed in 1956, they marked the refinement of Mies' hi ...

high-rise apartments on Chicago's lakefront that were designed by Mies in 1955. Lora died in Chicago in 1989.

Notable works

Lora's

art deco Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ...

sculptures were created for the Tavern Club in Chicago, IL and are a part of the permanent collection of the

Art Institute of Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago's Grant Park, founded in 1879, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the world. Recognized for its curatorial efforts and popularity among visitors, the museum hosts approximately 1.5 mill ...

References

External links

Lora Marx at Art Institute of Chicago
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marx, Lora Art Deco sculptors Artists from Chicago 1900 births 1989 deaths People from Elmwood, Illinois