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Considered the masterpiece of sculptor Lorado Taft, the Fountain of Time is one of Chicago's most significant historic artworks. Born in Elmwood, Illinois, Lorado Taft (1860–1936) studied at the University of Illinois and went on to receive a master's degree from the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After returning to Chicago in1883, he opened a studio and began teaching at the Art Institute of Chicago. He also later taught at the University of Chicago, eventually moving his studio to a nearby converted barn which became known as Midway Studios. Taft played an important role as a sculptor for the World's Columbian Exposition and also produced an impressive collection of permanent outdoor artworks including the Fountain of the Great Lakes in Chicago, Lincoln the Orator in Urbana, Illinois, and the Columbus Memorial in Washington, D.C.



Taft spent more than a decade on the Fountain of Time, the project that he described as “his best thought.” He was inspired by poem by Henry Austin Dobson entitled "The Paradox of Time." The poem includes the following repeating couplet: “Time goes, you say? Ah, no: Alas! Time stays, we go!” The monument is composed of an ominous cloaked Father Time figure looking over a reflecting basin tow