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Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements of the twentieth century, influencing architects worldwide through his works and mentoring hundreds of apprentices in his Taliesin Fellowship. Wright believed in designing in harmony with…
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culture · American architect (1867–1959) · architect · urban planner · writer · designer · printseller · print collector · also Frank Lloyd Wright, Frank Luyd Rayt, F. L. Wright, Lloyd Wright Frank, FLW, Frank Lloyd Lincoln Wright
Born 8 June 1867 · Died 9 April 1959 · Q5604
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2026· 27 entries
“against [his] very religion.”
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“The virtue of all this lay in the awakening of the child-mind to rhythmic structures in Nature… I soon became susceptible to constructive pattern evolving in everything I saw.”
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Artforum: Former Owner of Frank Lloyd Wright Skyscraper Sues Media for Defamation
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newcity.com: Theo Ubique's Next Artistic Director | Frank Lloyd Wright Meets Shakespeare | Stolen Matisses Recovered In Brazil
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ArchDaily: Galería de Clásicos de Arquitectura: Frederick C. Robie House / Frank Lloyd Wright - 5
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timesofindia.indiatimes.com: In 1952, Frank Lloyd Wright's only Tennessee home was completed for the Shavin family; after 74 years wit
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Yahoo: Inside Marc Jacobs’ $9.2 Million Frank Lloyd Wright-Designed ‘Sanctuary’—as he Details ‘Unexpected’ 4-Year Renovation of the Property
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AOL.com: 5 Frank Lloyd Wright Design Elements That Are Trending Again
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Architectural Digest México y Latinoamérica: Frank Lloyd Wright: Estas son las 10 obras más importantes del arquitecto
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EIN Presswire: Massaro Family Receives Prestigious 2026 USModernist Pinnacle Award for Preservation of Frank Lloyd Wright Masterpiece
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ELLE Decor: Frank Lloyd Wright Icons Immortalized on the Silver Screen
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WSHU: What does Frank Lloyd Wright sound like?
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Webster-Kirkwood Times: Frank Lloyd Wright House In Ebsworth Park Celebrates Dual Anniversary And Honors Longtime Kirkwood Resident - Webster-Kirkwood Times
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Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest: Wright’s Moore-Dugal House as stage for Shakespeare
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ArchDaily: Galería de Clásicos de Arquitectura: Taliesin West / Frank Lloyd Wright - 5
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Frank Lloyd Wright's Remodeling of the Light Court in Chicago's Rookery
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Chattanoogan.com Breaking News: Nashville Couple With Taste For Historic Homes Buys Chattanooga's Frank Lloyd Wright House
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Sarasota Magazine: For Sale: A Sapphire Shores Home With a Connection to the Sarasota School of Architecture and Frank Lloyd Wright
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Rare Fox Point home by Frank Lloyd Wright protégé lists for $799k
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archdaily.com: Gallery of AD Classics: Frederick C. Robie House / Frank Lloyd Wright - 10
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iconic life: Inside Brizo’s Collaboration With the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
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Yahoo: See inside Fox Point home tied to Frank Lloyd Wright legacy
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Yahoo: Cloquet's Frank Lloyd Wright Gas Station
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Mansion Global: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Tennessee House Sells for Twice Its Asking Price
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ArchDaily: Galería de ¿Cómo serían las principales ciudades de Estados Unidos si Frank Lloyd Wright o Robert Moses las hubieran diseñado? - 17
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WLOS: Off the market: Tennessee’s only Frank Lloyd Wright residence changes hands after debut
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2019· 1 entry
A selection of his work became a listed World Heritage Site under the name The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
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2018· 1 entry
The Arch Oboler complex in Malibu, California, was gutted in the Woolsey Fire
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2012· 1 entry
To guarantee a high level of conservation and access, as well as to transfer the considerable financial burden of maintaining the archive, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation partnered with the Museum of Modern Art and the
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2007· 1 entry
Price Tower was designated a National Historic Landmark by the United States Department of the Interior, one of only 20 such properties in Oklahoma
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2000· 2 entries
Fallingwater was named "The Building of the 20th century" in an unscientific "Top-Ten" poll taken by members attending the AIA annual convention in Philadelphia
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Work Song: Three Views of Frank Lloyd Wright, a play based on the relationship between the personal and working aspects of Wright's life, debuted at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater
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1997· 1 entry
Clubhouse at the Nakoma Golf Resort, Plumas County, California; designed in 1923, opened in 2000
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1994· 1 entry
Robert Silman and Associates examined the building and developed a plan to restore the structure
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1992· 1 entry
The Madison Opera in Madison, Wisconsin, commissioned and premiered the opera Shining Brow, by composer Daron Hagen and librettist Paul Muldoon based on events early in Wright's life
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1991· 1 entry
By the American Institute of Architects as "the greatest American architect of all time"
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1987· 1 entry
Brendan Gill's biography of Wright suggested that his full name was "Frank Lincoln Wright", chosen by his father, but the middle name was soon changed to Lloyd by his mother
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1980· 1 entry
Julia Meech, then associate curator of Japanese art at the Metropolitan Museum, began researching the history of the museum's collection of Japanese prints
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1959· 12 entries
Died 1959-04-09.
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Wright was hospitalized for abdominal pains and was operated upon
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“Architecture is life, or at least it is life itself taking form and therefore it is the truest record of life as it was lived in the world yesterday, as it is lived today or ever will be lived.”
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Using them as bartering chips and collateral for loans; he often relied upon his art business to remain financially solvent
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“The scientist has marched in and taken the place of the poet. But one day somebody will find the solution to the problems of the world and remember, it will be a poet, not a scientist.”
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“I believe in God, only I spell it "Nature.”
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“Nature is all the body of God we mortals will ever see.”
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“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.”
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“Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.”
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“God is the great mysterious motivator of what we call nature and it has been said often by philosophers, that nature is the will of God. And, I prefer to say that nature is the only body of God that we shall ever see. If we wish to know the truth concerning anything, we'll find it in the nature of that thing.”
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“The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.”
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“Human beings can be beautiful. If they are not beautiful it is entirely their own fault. It is what they do to themselves that makes them ugly. The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.”
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1955· 1 entry
The university presented him with an honorary doctorate of fine arts at the age of 88
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1953· 1 entry
Won Frank P. Brown Medal (1953).
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1948· 1 entry
Wright made the first political endorsement of his career when he supported former Vice President Henry A
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1941· 1 entry
Won Royal Gold Medal (1941).
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1937· 1 entry
As municipal offices for Madison, Wisconsin, was completed in 1997 on the original site, using a variation of Wright's final design for the exterior, with the interior design altered by its new purpose as a convention ce
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1932· 1 entry
Wright and his wife Olgivanna put out a call for students to come to Taliesin to study and work under Wright while they learned architecture and spiritual development
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1928· 2 entries
Wright wrote an essay on glass in which he compared it to the mirrors of nature: lakes, rivers and ponds
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The Bank of Wisconsin claimed Taliesin and sold thousands of his prints — for only one dollar a piece — to collector Edward Burr Van Vleck
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1926· 1 entry
Olga's ex-husband, Vlademar Hinzenburg, sought custody of his daughter, Svetlana
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1925· 2 entries
Another fire destroyed the bungalow at Taliesin
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And soon after Olgivanna became pregnant
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1924· 1 entry
After the separation, but while still married, Wright met Olga (Olgivanna) Lazovich Hinzenburg
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1923· 1 entry
Wright's mother, Anna (Lloyd Jones) Wright, died
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1922· 2 entries
Kitty Wright finally granted Wright a divorce
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And also supervised the construction of the Jiyu Gakuen Girls' School and the Yodokō Guest House
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1921· 1 entry
Under Wright's direction and, after his departure, was continued by Endo
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1920· 1 entry
Many of the prints Wright sold had been found to exhibit signs of retouching, including pinholes and unoriginal pigments
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1918· 1 entry
And completed in 1924) was built as the summer villa for Tadzaemon Yamamura
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1914· 1 entry
While Wright was working in Chicago, Julian Carlton, a servant, set fire to the living quarters of Taliesin and then murdered seven people with an axe as the fire burned
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1911· 3 entries
Was adjacent to land held by his mother's family, the Lloyd-Joneses
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Was the first major exposure of Wright's work in Europe
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Wright began to build himself a new home, which he called Taliesin, by May 1911.
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1909· 2 entries
With a portfolio of his work and presented it to Berlin publisher Ernst Wasmuth
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Wright and Mamah Cheney met up in Europe, leaving their spouses and children behind
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1903· 1 entry
While Wright was designing a house for Edwin Cheney (a neighbor in Oak Park), he became enamored with Cheney's wife, Mamah Borthwick Cheney
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1900· 1 entry
With a proposed subdivision layout for Charles E
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1898· 1 entry
To bring his work and family lives closer
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1897· 1 entry
Wright received a patent for "Prism Glass Tiles" that were used in storefronts to direct light toward the interior
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1896· 1 entry
Wright moved from the Schiller Building to the nearby and newly completed Steinway Hall building
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1895· 1 entry
Transferred to Wright's team of drafters and took over production of his presentation drawings and watercolor renderings
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1894· 1 entry
Edward Waller, a friend and former client, invited Wright to meet Chicago architect and planner Daniel Burnham
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1893· 1 entry
And established a studio in his Oak Park, Illinois, home in 1898
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1890· 1 entry
Frank Lloyd Wright Jr., known as Lloyd Wright (1890–1978), became a notable architect in Los Angeles.
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1887· 1 entry
Wright arrived in Chicago in search of employment
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1886· 1 entry
At age 19, Wright was admitted to the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a special student
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1884· 1 entry
His father filed for divorce from Anna on the grounds of "
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1881· 1 entry
Shortly after Wright turned 14, his parents separated
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1877· 1 entry
Had moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where William gave music lessons and served as the secretary to the newly formed Unitarian society
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1876· 1 entry
Anna discovered an exhibit of educational blocks called the Froebel Gifts, the foundation of an innovative kindergarten curriculum
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1871· 1 entry
Catherine "Kitty" (Tobin) Wright (1871–1959), social worker, socialite (married in June 1889; divorced November 1922)
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1869· 2 entries
Martha Bouton "Mamah" Borthwick (June 19, 1869 – August 15, 1914) was an American translator who had a romantic relationship with architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1909–1914), which ended when she was murdered.
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Maude "Miriam" (Noel) Wright (1869–1930), artist (married in November 1923; divorced August 1927)
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1867· 2 entries
In Richland Center, Wisconsin, though he claimed throughout his life that he was born in 1869
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Born 1867-06-08.
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