Frances Norma Loring LL.D. (October 14, 1887– February 5, 1968) was a Canadian sculptor. Career Loring studied in Europe before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago, where she studied with Lorado Taft. She was a member of both the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and the Ontario Society of Artists. Later she was involved in the organization of the Federation of Canadian Artists (1941) and the Canada Council (1950s). In 1960 she was the Canadian representative at the Venice Biennale. Loring was the creator of two notable sculptures in Canada, Queen Elizabeth Way Monument (1939), located now in Toronto and a statue of Robert Borden (1957), located on Parliament Hill, Ottawa. Loring is closely associated with fellow sculptor Florence Wyle, and they became two of the earliest prominent Canadian sculptors. The relationship between Loring and Wyle was both personal and professional and lasted for over 60 years after they first met at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1905. The two women collaborated on multiple projects and both had a significant influence on Canadian art by promoting sculpture as being as important as any other art form. Loring and Wyle had moved into an abandoned church in 1920, and it served as both their home and studio. After their sculptures gained some popularity, the church became headquarters for the Sculptors Society of Canada, where Loring and Wyle both considered as the founding members. Biography Loring was born in Wardner, Idaho on October 14, 1887 to mining engineer Frank Curtis Loring (1859-1938) and Charlotte Moore. Loring studied at multiple schools including the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Switzerland, the Academie Colarossi in Paris, the Art Institute of Chicago, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts in Boston, and at the Art Students League of New York. At the Art Institute of Chicago Loring met Florence Wyle with whom she was to have a lifelong partnership. In 1909 Loring moved to New York City and was soon joined by Wyle. The first of the three studio homes they would share over their lives was located on MacDougal Alley, a lively artist colony in the heart of Greenwich Village. Living at no. 6, a converted stable with additional living space, they sculpted well-known portrait busts of each other. In 1913, Loring and Wyle moved to Toronto, where they began being referred to as "The Girls." Both of them quickly became