Wrightiana Collection

1897·Printed papers, correspondence, black and white photographic prints, architectural reprographic prints, color photomechanical prints, postcards, audio media, postage stamps, and photocopies.·8 boxes, 5 oversize portfolios and flatfile materials: W.: 182.9 cm (72 in.)

One of the founders of the Prairie School of architecture, and renowned for his prodigous contributions to American architectural philosophy, teaching, and practice, Frank Lloyd Wright began his career in the Chicago office of [Dankmar] Adler and [Louis H.] Sullivan in the early 1880s. Wright established his own firm in 1893 and continued to practice until his death in 1959. In addition to his design work for buildings, furniture, decorative and graphic arts, Wright also wrote extensively on his architectural ideas. Amassed from various sources, this collection includes booklets, pamphlets, brochures, letters, transcripts of lectures, published articles, and photographs of and/or about Frank Lloyd Wright, his design projects, exhibitions, honors, lectures, writings, Taliesin East, and Taliesin West. <a href="http://digital-libraries.artic.edu/cdm/search/collection/findingaids/searchterm/Wrightiana%20Collection/field/title/mode/all/conn/and/cosuppress/1">View finding aid.</a> <a href="http://digital-libraries.artic.edu/cdm/search/collection/mqc/searchterm/Wrightiana%20Collection/field/subcol/mode/all/conn/and/cosuppress/1">View selected images from this collection.</a> <a href="http://digital-libraries.artic.edu/cdm/search/collection/mqc/searchterm/Wright,%20Frank%20Lloyd/field/creato;%20additi;%20contri/mode/all/conn/and/cosuppress/1">Find all Frank Lloyd Wright digital images.</a> Collection access: Collections may be accessed in the Franke Reading Room of the Research Center at The Art Institute of Chicago, by appointment only. For further information, consult <a href="https://www.artic.edu/archival-collections/contact-usage-and-faq">the FAQ</a>. <a href="https://www.artic.edu/archival-collections/finding-aids">Finding aids by subject</a> <a href="http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/findingaids">Browse all finding aids</a> <a href="http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/mqc">Browse images and media</a> <a href="https://www.artic.edu/archival-collections/oral-histories">Oral histories</a> Contact the Ryerson and Burnham Art and Architecture Archives: archives@artic.edu

Catalogue

Year: 1897
Medium: Printed papers, correspondence, black and white photographic prints, architectural reprographic prints, color photomechanical prints, postcards, audio media, postage stamps, and photocopies.
Dimensions: 8 boxes, 5 oversize portfolios and flatfile materials: W.: 182.9 cm (72 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Frank Lloyd Wright

Artist

Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect whose designs fundamentally reshaped residential and civic building in the twentieth century. He developed the concept of organic architecture, integrating structures with their natural surroundings through innovative use of cantilevers, open floor plans, and locally sourced materials. His projects ranged from the Prairie School houses of Chicago to Fallingwater in Pennsylvania and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, each demonstrating a conviction that buildings should grow from their sites rather than impose upon them. His influence extends across modernism, landscape integration, and spatial planning.

Chicago, IL, USA

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