Focus on this artwork and discuss the Artist.
Clara Barth Leonard Sorenson Dieman (1877–1959) was a relatively unknown sculptor, painter and teacher from Indianapolis, Indiana. She was a student of well-known artists such as William Forsyth, Alexander Archipenko and Lorado Taft, who she worked on Fountain of Time with. Between 1907 and 1916, Leonard taught introductory sculpture classes at the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis. In 1917, she graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago, where she had been a student of Taft's, and she later studied at Columbia University as well.During her career as a sculptor, Leonard Sorensen Dieman frequently worked in portraiture, completing a bas-relief of William A. Bell for the Indianapolis school of the same name, and in 1916, a bronze memorial plaque in honor of Shortridge High School custodian James Biddy. She participated in a number of art exhibitions across the United States, including in Chicago, Illinois, New York City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she spent the latter part of her life.
Art Institute of Chicago Indianapolis Chicago William Forsyth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Shortridge High School Alexander Archipenko Chicago, Illinois United States Clara Barth Leonard plaque New York City bronze John Herron Art Institute Indiana painter Fountain of Time Lorado Taft Columbia University sculpture Philadelphia Santa Fe, New Mexico