Artist

R. Tait McKenzie

Canadian, born Almonte, Ontario, Canada 1867-died Philadelphia, PA 1938; active USA 1904-1938
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Richard Tait McKenzie, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0119873
Also known as
  • Robert Tait McKenzie
  • Tait McKenzie
Born
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
Died
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Active in
  • Almonte, Ontario, Canada
Biography

Robert Tait McKenzie was a surgeon, a major in Canada’s Royal Army Medical Corps, and a gymnast who taught physical training at the University of Pennsylvania. In Philadelphia, McKenzie became a colleague of Lord Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts, and McKenzie’s sculpture The Ideal Scout appears at many scout headquarters across the United States.

Works by this artist (744 items)

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William Zorach, Two Marys (Empyrean Children), 1960, cast and patinated plaster, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach and Dahlov Ipcar, 1968.154.133
Two Marys (Empyrean Children)
Artist
Date1960
cast and patinated plaster
On view
William Zorach, Embrace (finished study), ca. 1933, cast and painted plaster, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach, 1970.65.15
Embrace (finished study)
Artist
Dateca. 1933
cast and painted plaster
On view
William Zorach, The Artist's Daughter, 1930, marble, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach, 1968.25
The Artist’s Daughter
Artist
Date1930
marble
On view
William Zorach, Seated Girl (with hands under legs), 1930, cast and patinated plaster, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach and Dahlov Ipcar, 1971.449.8
Seated Girl (with hands under legs)
Artist
Date1930
cast and patinated plaster
On view