Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture of the Interior A Study in Proportion, Volume & Design In association with the Yager Museum of Art & Culture at Hartwick College Exhibit: Architecture of the Interior by Frank Lloyd Wright Nancy Golden: Foreman Gallery Exhibit Coordinator & Curator of Visual Resources Prepared and presented by Anthony Catsimatides on September 15, 2016 at the Hartwick College auditorium
Born June 8, 1867 Died April 9, 1959 Solid Family support in the arts, education and architecture: Mother and aunts were Kindergarten educators following the beliefs of German youth educator Frederic Froebel College for Engineering: 1885 - 1887 Lyman Silsbee: 1887 – 1888 (Queen Ann Style Homes) Louis Sullivan: 1888 – 1893 (Poet/Architect, independent home designs) Opened Private Practice: 1893 Prairie Style: 1901 – 1910 European Travels: 1909 - 1910 Conventionalization & Geometric Patterns: 1911 – 1922 California Textile Block Houses: 1922 – 1924 Organic Architecture: 1930 – 1959 Usonian & Usonian Automatic Houses: 1936 – 1959 Daring and Bold Designs: 1946 – 1959 Frank Lloyd Wright, Taliesin III, Spring Green Wisconsin, 1945 FLLW Fdn# 6006.0075
Organic Throughout Arthur Heurtley House, Oak Park, Il, 1902
Huffington Post, Associated Press
First Floor Plan William Winslow House, River Forest, IL - 1893
Entry Foyer & Fireplace Nook
Ho-o-den Pavilion, Chicago World’s Fair, 1893
Winslow House, 1893
1912 The Japanese Print had a strong influence on Frank Lloyd Wright
Plate XV Wasmuth Portfolio
Hakusai Print, 1833
Perspective Drawing, FLW Wright considered this his first Prairie Home Design
Ward W. Willits House, Highland Park, IL - 1901
Tomek House, Riverside, IL, 1904
Hellenic Design
Dinning Room Alan Weintraub, FLW The Rooms
Dinning Room Elevation Drwg
Ward W. Willits House, Highland Park, IL - 1901
Exterior
Interior Column Detail
Atrium
Larkin Building, Buffalo, NY 1902 - 1906
Froebel Blocks
Larkin Building Buffalo, NY 1902 - 1906
Larkin Building Buffalo, NY 1902 - 1906
Louis Sullivan, 1856 – 1924 Often Referred to as Lieber-Meister
Transportation Building, Chicago Worlds Fair 1893 - 1894 Wright worked for Sullivan from 1887 - 1893
Frank Lloyd Wright Design while working for Louis Sullivan Charnley House 1891 – 1892, Chicago, Il
Children’s Play Room Mural from a scene from The Arabian Nights
Corridor between Home & Studio
Fireplace Nook Home & Studio
Static Geometric Form
Organic Growth take Precedence
Intimate Family Seating
Home & Studio, Oak Park, IL 1889 - 1895
Home & Studio 1889 - 1895
Early Designs in Domestic Architecture
Prairie Style Architecture Susan Lawrence Dana House, 1902
Largest Commission to date - over 12,000 square feet, 35 rooms, 16 varying levels
Susan Lawrence Dana House, Springfield, IL, 1902
Dinning Room from Balcony Above
Dining Room perspective
Fountain Design by Richard Bok & Marion Mahoney Leaded glass doors in background
Entry Foyer
Susan Lawrence Dana House, Springfield, IL, 1902
Front Entry Elevation
Connector to stables Darwin D. Martin House & Complex, Buffalo, NY, 1907
Sitting Room with Great Fireplace
Conservatory Stained Glass Window
Wasmuth Portfolio
Avery & Queene Ferry Coonley House, Riverside, IL, 1908 - 1912
Pinnacle of the Prairie Homes
Frederick C. Robie House, Chicago, IL, 1908
Living Room
Frederick C. Robie House, Chicago, IL, 1908
Otto Wagner Kkarlsplatz Stadtbahn Station, 1900 Vienna, Austria
Joseph Maria Olbrich Secession Building, 1897, Vienna, Austria
Vienna Secession Kabarett Fledermaus, Josef Hoffman
Stained Glass Windows New Direction in geometry Avery & Queene Ferry Coonley House, Riverside, IL, 1908 - 1912
Form & Meaning Significance of Pure Geometry
Square = Integrity Circle = Infinity Triangle = Structural Unity
“Conventionalization� Experiment in Form & Decorative Application 1912 - 1922
Beer Hall Midway Gardens, Chicago, IL, 1913
Main Facade
Midway Gardens, Chicago, IL, 1913
Sprites Franz Metzner, Leipzig Exhibit, 1909
Midway Gardens, Chicago, IL, 1913
Cube Midway Gardens, Chicago, IL, 1913
Octagon
Triangle
Sphere
Table & Setting Midway Gardens, Chicago, IL, 1913
Tavern
Midway Gardens, Chicago, IL, 1913
Taliesin II, Spring Green Wisconsin, 1914
Court Yard
Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Japan, 1917 - 1922
Lounge Oya Stone Throughout
China Design
Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Japan, 1917 - 1922
Light Fixture Sketch
Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Japan, 1917 - 1922
Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Japan, 1917 - 1922
Glass Sketch Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Japan, 1917 - 1922
Relief Detail Sketches
Promenade
Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Japan, 1917 - 1922
Central Lobby
Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Japan, 1917 - 1922
Frieze Detail Oya Stone
Carpet Design Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Japan, 1917 - 1922
Balcony Detail Oya Stone Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Japan, 1917 - 1922
Interior / Exterior Form Integration
Mayan Interlude
Hollyhock House for Aline Barnsdal Los Angeles, CA, 1919-1921
Hollyhock House for Aline Barnsdall, Los Ageles, CA, 1919-1921 Elizabeth Daniels, la.curbed.com
Living Room From Foyer
Entry Vestibule
Living Room & Fireplace
Textile Block Houses Los Angeles, CA, 1922 - 1924
Millard House
Freeman House Storer House
Interior Design
Edgar Kaufman Office Interior Pittsburgh, PA, 1935
Unique Designs
Broadacre City, late 1920’s onward
Johnson Wax Administration Building, 1936 – 1939 Tower 1944 -1950
Johnson Wax Administration Building, 1936 - 1939
Wingspread, Racine, Wisconsin, 1938 - 1939
Fallingwater, 1936 – 1939, Bear Run, PA
Annie Pfeiffer Chapel Exterior
Library Seating
Library Skylights
Florida Southern College Lakeland, FL, 1938 – 1945 Author
Annie Pfeiffer Chapel Interior
Usonian & Usonian Automatic Moderately Cost Homes (Usonian) 1937 – 1945 Owner Built Moderately Cost Homes (Usonian Automatic) 1945 – 1959
Courtyard Photo of Frank Lloyd Wright & Olgivana Wright Oct. 22, 1953, Pedro Guerrero
Usonian House Exhibition, NYC, 1953 Site of present Guggenheim Museum
House Interior
Usonian House Exhibition, NYC, 1953 Site of present Guggenheim Museum
Typical Floor Plan William and Elizabeth Tracy House, built it themselves, 1956 Gerald B. & Beverly Tonkens House, near Cincinnati, OH, 1955
Typical Usonian House Usonian Automatic Houses, Textile Block redefined for Usonian Automatic
Wikipedia
Dining Room Living Room Alan Weintraub Herbert & Katherine Jacobs House Madison, Wisconsin, 1937 First Usonian House
Dining Alcove w/ Workspace to right and Living Room straight Ahead Alan Weintraub
Sidney Bazett House, Hillsborough, CA, 1939 Alan Weintraub
Usonian Houses
James Christie House, Bernardsville, NJ, 1940 Alan Weintraub
Imperial Hotel Lamp Design
George Sturgis House, Brentwood Heights, CA, 1939 Alan Weintraub
Midway Gardens Table Set Usonian Houses
American Model C3, Ready Cut System Built House
Usonian Houses
Kitchen behind Living Room
Living Room William and Mary Palmer House, Ann Arbor, MI, 1950
Usonian Houses
Taliesin Studio, Spring Green WI, 1911-1959
Usonian Houses
Living Room
Exterior
Usonian House Faculty Housing, Design 1939, built 2015 Florida Southern College Campus, Lakeland FL Author
Interior