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 Peoria metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The settlement was named after a ...

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 Natche ...

. 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, academic, and interior designer. He was commonly referred to as Mies, his surname. He is regarded as one of the pionee ...

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

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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 (), is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design that first Art Deco in Paris, appeared in Paris in the 1910s just before World War I and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920 ...

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, founded in 1879, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States. The museum is based in the Art Institute of Chicago Building in Chicago's Grant Park (Chicago), Grant Park. Its collection, stewa ...

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