Holdings Fine Arts and Applied Arts Krannert Art Museum Trygve A. Rovelstad Papers Finding Aid Holdings Fine Arts and Applied Arts Krannert Art Museum Trygve A. Rovelstad Papers Finding Aid Title: Trygve A. Rovelstad Papers, 1922-90
ID: 12/7/20
Primary Creator: Rovelstad, Trygve A. (1903-1990)
Extent: 5.0 cubic feet
Arrangement: By subject and chronological thereunder
Subjects: Art Education, Chicago, Illinois - Art and Literature, Elgin, Illinois, Memorials, Sculpture, Taft, Lorado, 1860-1936, World War II - Intelligence, Morale and Propaganda
Formats/Genres: Papers
Languages: English
Papers of Trygve A. Rovelstad (1903-90) Elgin, Illinois-based sculptor, including correspondence, scrapbooks, diaries, sketch books, autobiographical memoirs and publicity materials concerning his apprenticeship under Lorado Taft at Midway Studios in Chicago (1922-25); studies at the University of Washington (1926-28); work for the U.S. War Dept in the Washington, D.C. Heraldic Division and at Shrivenham American University in England (1943-48); his artistic projects, including The Pioneer Memorial, The Freemont Memorial, The Roll of Honor (1946-56), restoration of Lorado Taft's Fountain of Time, the "I Will Statue" for Chicago's lakefront, and other civic statues and medals of honor; and his sculpture school in Elgin, Illinois.
Art Education
Chicago, Illinois - Art and Literature
Elgin, Illinois
Memorials
Sculpture
Taft, Lorado, 1860-1936
World War II - Intelligence, Morale and Propaganda
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1207020.pdf
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