Imagine a child in the meadow wondering what life can be for him. Frank Lloyd Wright started his life as an imaginative thinker. His dream was to be able to create something new with his everlasting imagination. Frank Lloyd Wright's dream had inspired many to follow in his footsteps because his dream was to acomplish something that he could call his own.
Frank Lloyd Wright was born June 8, 1867 in Richland Center, Wisconson into a large welsh family (biography). Eventually, they settled in Spring Green, Wisconson where he later built his most famous house, Taliesin (brittanica). As a young boy, his family traveled alot, and as they traveled he fell in love with the Wisconson landscape. In 1885, Wright graduated from public high school in Madison, …show more content…
He found that he liked the architectural works of Louis Sullivan and soon became chief assistant to Louis Sullivan. Other young architects were looking for the same employment and soon this idea came to be known as,"prarie school." His most famous home "Taliesin" was also his architectural school and winter home (library of congress).
A year later, he married 19-year old Catherine Tobin and eventually had six children (biography). He began to make a series of residual houses on the next several years (biography.) Each home was single-story, had a low pitched roof, and was only built from materials around the area giving it true beauty. He also began lecturing at this time especially his most famous speech," The Art and Craft of the Machine" …show more content…
Finnaly settling down with his final wife, Olga Lazovich, he became at peace with the house (brittanica).
During the 20s and 30s a great depression swept over the U.S (biography). He became a teacher during this time in writing (biography). The same year Wright founded the Taliesin Fellowship, an immersive school based on his personal experiences in his original Taliesin home (biography). He also began working on his Taliesin West house, and the Fallingwater Residence during the mid 1930s (biography). Frank Lloyd Wright died April 9, 1959 at the age of 91. His career was based on his own imaginative ideas without the formal training needed. He set out to do what he wanted and became a success. Therefore, Wright established himself as the most influential architect of the 20th century and made a career of a
Frank Lloyd Wright was born June 8, 1867 in Richland Center, Wisconson into a large welsh family (biography). Eventually, they settled in Spring Green, Wisconson where he later built his most famous house, Taliesin (brittanica). As a young boy, his family traveled alot, and as they traveled he fell in love with the Wisconson landscape. In 1885, Wright graduated from public high school in Madison, …show more content…
He found that he liked the architectural works of Louis Sullivan and soon became chief assistant to Louis Sullivan. Other young architects were looking for the same employment and soon this idea came to be known as,"prarie school." His most famous home "Taliesin" was also his architectural school and winter home (library of congress).
A year later, he married 19-year old Catherine Tobin and eventually had six children (biography). He began to make a series of residual houses on the next several years (biography.) Each home was single-story, had a low pitched roof, and was only built from materials around the area giving it true beauty. He also began lecturing at this time especially his most famous speech," The Art and Craft of the Machine" …show more content…
Finnaly settling down with his final wife, Olga Lazovich, he became at peace with the house (brittanica).
During the 20s and 30s a great depression swept over the U.S (biography). He became a teacher during this time in writing (biography). The same year Wright founded the Taliesin Fellowship, an immersive school based on his personal experiences in his original Taliesin home (biography). He also began working on his Taliesin West house, and the Fallingwater Residence during the mid 1930s (biography). Frank Lloyd Wright died April 9, 1959 at the age of 91. His career was based on his own imaginative ideas without the formal training needed. He set out to do what he wanted and became a success. Therefore, Wright established himself as the most influential architect of the 20th century and made a career of a