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THE LIFE AND WORK OF
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
PART 6:
Ages 63 (1930) to 78 (1945)
In Chicago
by JT Wunderlich PhD
FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT
OLGIVANNA
WRIGHT
PART 1 Frank Lloyd Wright, Age 0-19 (1867-1886) Formative Years
Historical & Social Context: Post-Civil War recession, Industrial revolution, Farm life, Preacher/Musician Father, Teacher/Mother, Mother's large influential Unitarian farming family, Unitarian beliefs, Nature, Parent’s divorce
ARCHITECTURE: Froebel education (blocks, etc), Barns & Farm houses, Roots of his organic architecture
PART 2 Frank Lloyd Wright, Age 20-33 (1887-1900) Formative Years
Historical & Social Context: The rebuilding of Chicago after the Great Fire, Wife Anna and first five children
ARCHITECTURE: Louis Sullivan, Beginnings of his organic architecture
PART 3 Frank Lloyd Wright, Age 34-41 (1901-1908)
Historical & Social Context: Post-mid-1800’s opening of Japan, Pre-WW1 Europe, Arts &Crafts, Six children
ARCHITECTURE: Began his Prairie Style, First trip to Japan (1905)
PART 4 Frank Lloyd Wright, Age 42-47 (1909-1914)
Historical & Social Context: Secession movement in Austria, Living in Italy (1909/10), Returning to his mother's family's farmland to build Taliesin, Mistress murdered
ARCHITECTURE: Continued prairie style while seeking other inspirations and social philosophies, Taliesin
PART 5 Frank Lloyd Wright, Age 48-62 (1915-1929)
Historical & Social Context: WWI, Roaring 20’s, A short 2nd marriage, 3rd marriage to Olgivanna (Olga), CA, Japan
ARCHITECTURE: California (and Arizona) Textile Houses, Designs in Japan
PART 6 Frank Lloyd Wright, Age 63-78 (1930-1945) THIS LECTURE
Historical & Social Context: The Great Depression(1930's), WWII(1939-45), Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan; Modernism, Living with no money, Taliesin Fellowship (Olga's idea)
ARCHITECTURE: Broadacre City, Usonian Houses, Taliesin West
PART 7 Frank Lloyd Wright, Age 79-91 (1946-1958) -- died in 1958
Historical & Social Context: Post WWII economic boom, Cold War, Communal living at Taliesin, Modernism
ARCHITECTURE: Modern materials and methods
PART 8 Post Frank Lloyd Wright -- Olga continues Taliesin Fellowship (1958-1985)
Historical & Social Context
The Great Depression(1930's), WWII(1939-45), Nazi Germany
and Imperial Japan; Modernism, Living with no money, Taliesin
Fellowship (Olga's idea)
ARCHITECTURE
Broadacre City, Usonian Houses, Taliesin West, Falling Water
The Great Depression (1930's) resulted in less wealthy clients
So in 1932, created Taliesin Fellowship (school) -- Olga's idea, somewhat of a socialist utopian architectural commune
New socialist utopian ideals of equal distribution of land:
1-acre suburban plot per person (1935 Broadacre City)
And later, after WWII (1939-1945), small “affordable” homes (Usonian Homes)
In 1937, the Fellowship expanded to Taliesin West in Arizona
However noteworthy wealthy clients resulted in:
Falling Water in 1935 The Johnson Wax building in 1936
63-78 YEARS OLD (1930-1945) [BURNS 2001]
FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT
OLGIVANNA
WRIGHT
So in 1932, created Taliesin Fellowship (school) -- Olga's idea,
somewhat of a socialist utopian architectural commune
65 YEARS OLD (1932) [BURNS 2001]
FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT
OLGIVANNA
WRIGHT
1-acre suburban plot per person (1935 Broadacre City)
68 YEARS OLD (1935) [BURNS 2001]
FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT
OLGIVANNA
WRIGHT
S.230 Falling Water , Mill Run, Pennsylvania, 1935
SEE MORE: http://users.etown.edu/w/wunderjt/Frank%20Lloyd%20Wright%202015%20Field%20Trip%20for%20Architecture%20Minor%20students.pdf
68 YEARS OLD (1935) [STORRER 2017]
FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT
OLGIVANNA
WRIGHT
S.237 Johnson Wax Building, 1936
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1MXuBAxcdM
69 YEARS OLD (1936) [STORRER 2017]
FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT
OLGIVANNA
WRIGHT
S.241 Taliesin West, 1937
70 YEARS OLD (1937) [STORRER 2017]
FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT
OLGIVANNA
WRIGHT
S.316-S.318 Usonian Homes, 1945-1951
http://www.steinerag.com/flw/Artifact%20Pages/PhRtS398ny.htm
78 YEARS OLD (1945) [STORRER 2017]
FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT
OLGIVANNA
WRIGHT
After WWII (1939-1945), small “affordable” homes (Usonian Homes)
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Park, Chicago, Tokyo, K. Ogawa, publisher, 2018. http://www.baxleystamps.com/litho/ogawa/ogawa_hooden.shtml
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PENN Rare Book and Manuscript: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Paternal Family. Penn Library. University of Pennsylvania, Feb. 20, 2014.
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