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Robert Tait McKenzie

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Robert Tait McKenzie (1867 - 1938) was active/lived in Pennsylvania, Ontario / Canada.  Robert McKenzie is known for Sculptor-athletic figure.

A long-time resident of Philadelphia, Robert Tait McKenzie was a noted sculptor of realist figures. One of his most famous works was "The Boy Scout," which he completed in 1937 for his good friend, Lord Baden Powell who founded the Boy Scouts of America. In addition to being a sculptor, he was also a scouter, a scholar-athlete, a surgeon, a soldier, and physical educator.

Robert Tait McKenzie was born in 1867, in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, where his father, William McKenzie, emigrated to Canada from Kelso, Scotland, in 1858 and became minister of the Free Church of Scotland in Almonte. Tait's father died when he was nine, and the family could no longer live in the church manse. Young Tait's character was profoundly affected when his late father's congregation, out of affection for his mother and respect for her late husband, built a house for the young family.

He entered McGill in 1885, while an undergraduate there, McKenzie showed his promise when   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5068 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  24
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24 Book References for Robert Tait McKenzie
Year Author Title Pages Color
2013 Hill, Charles Hill and Andrea Kunard, Laurier Lacroix Artists, Architects & Artisans: Canadian Art 1890-1918 340 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2000 Powers, John & Deborah; Ron Tyler, Foreward Texas Painters, Sculptors & Graphic Artists A Biographical Dictionary of Artists in Texas Before 1942 606 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
(Exhibition catalog)		 622 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 1117 No
1990 Plimpton, George; J. Carter Brown Sport in Art From American Museums
(Exhibition catalog)		 128 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)		 612 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)		 538 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1982 Dooley, John (Foreward) Sketch Club Tricentennial Year Book A Salute to Philadelphia, 1682-1982 30 No
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1980 Munson-Williams-Proctor Inst The Olympics in Art, An Exhibitio Works of Art Related to Olympic Sports
(Exhibition catalog)		 166 Yes
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc) 730 No
1975 Kozar, Andrew J R Tait McKenzie The Sculptor of Athletes 118 No
1972 Earle, Helen L Biographical Sketches of American Artists 370 No
1966 Connecticut College for Women The Art Colony at Old Lyme 1900-3
(Exhibition catalog)		 67 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1931 Editors Who's Who in American Art-1931 American Art Annual 0 No
1915 Walter, John; Pedro Lemos Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit 112 No
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