Howard Taft Lorenz: A Chronicle of Quiet Moments and American Resilience Howard Taft Lorenz, a name perhaps less familiar than many of his contemporaries, nevertheless holds a significant place within the landscape of 20th-century American art. Born in 1906 in Los Angeles, California, and tragically passing away in 1959 also in that city, Lorenz’s life was marked by both artistic passion and personal hardship – a duality that profoundly shaped his work. His career, though relatively brief, produced a body of paintings characterized by a remarkable sensitivity to human emotion, a keen observa…