Background
Lovet-Lorski, Boris was born on December 25, 1894 in Lithuania, Russia. Son of Ilyia Brois and Anna (Kournoff) Lovet-Lorski.
Lovet-Lorski, Boris was born on December 25, 1894 in Lithuania, Russia. Son of Ilyia Brois and Anna (Kournoff) Lovet-Lorski.
Student, Academy of Art, Saint St. Petersburg, Russia.
Came to the United States, naturalized, 1925. Held one-man exhibitions of sculpture in Boston, New York, Washington, Chicago, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Seattle, et cetera Republican in permanent collections: British Museum, London.
Luxembourg and Petit Palais, Metropolitan Museum, New York City.
Columbia University; Boston University. Museums, Seattle, Washington, Rockford, Illinois, San Diego, Los Angeles, et cetera
Executed: heroic statue of Abraham Lincoln as young lawyer for city of Decatur, Illinois, 1946. Heroic head in bronze of Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt for city of Paris, France, 1949, monumental busts of Charles DeGaulle, Dwight Doctorate. Eisenhower, John Foster Dulles in Paris, 1959.
Sculpture for United States War Memorial, Manila, 1954-1956.
Heroic bronze head of John Foster Dulles for Washington International Airport, 1963. Heroic bronze bust of John F. Kennedy for Brandeis University, 1965.
Fellow National Sculpture Society. Member American Society French Legion of Honor, National Academy Design. Clubs: Lotos.