{"id":4636,"date":"2017-04-12T16:56:35","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T21:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/?p=4636"},"modified":"2024-04-10T15:18:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T20:18:55","slug":"milwaukee-art-museum-celebrates-150th-anniversary-of-frank-lloyd-wrights-birthday-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/2017\/04\/milwaukee-art-museum-celebrates-150th-anniversary-of-frank-lloyd-wrights-birthday-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Milwaukee Art Museum Celebrates 150th Anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright\u2019s Birthday This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wasmuth Portfolio<\/em> considered the most significant collection of architect\u2019s early work<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Milwaukee, Wis. \u2013 <\/strong>This summer, the Milwaukee Art Museum joins prominent institutions across the country in celebrating the 150th anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright\u2019s birthday. Frank Lloyd Wright: Buildings for the Prairie<\/em> is on view July 28\u2013October 15 and presents a selection of the renowned architect\u2019s designs from the Wasmuth Portfolio<\/em> alongside related pieces of his furniture, stained glass and textiles. The Wasmuth Portfolio<\/em> is considered the most significant collection of Wright\u2019s early work, showcasing the breadth and beauty of his output.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are honored to celebrate this American icon from Wisconsin,\u201d said Brandon Ruud, Abert family curator of American art at the Milwaukee Art Museum. \u201cThe portfolio emerged at a critical moment for Wright, at a time when he was at a professional crossroads. It lends unique insight into his early development and the evolution of the Prairie School of architecture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 <\/strong>Widely recognized as one of the most prolific and well-known architects of the 20th century, Wright frequently published his architectural designs and theories in magazines and journals; the Wasmuth Portfolio<\/em> is among the first of these complex, large-scale efforts. In the introduction to the collection, Wright described his inspiration for these \u201cbuildings for the prairie,\u201d as the \u201cgently rolling or level prairies of the Middle West.\u201d The portfolio introduced the architect\u2019s work to his European contemporaries and is largely credited with profoundly influencing the direction of 20th-century architecture. A digital component to the exhibition will allow visitors to explore in greater depth the illustrations and text of the Wasmuth Portfolio<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition also includes examples of furniture, stained-glass, and textiles from some of the master\u2019s most early and iconic residential designs, including the Avery Coonley House, the Darwin D. Martin House, and his own Oak Park, Illinois home and studio.  Many on loan from the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, these decorative arts complement drawings and studies from the Museum\u2019s exceptional Wright and George Mann Niedecken Archives, also on view in the exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition will be on view in the Museum\u2019s Bradley Family Gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catalogue and imaging support is provided by the Milwaukee Art Museum\u2019s American Arts Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Events<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Gallery Talks<\/strong>
Tues, 1:30 p.m.
Aug 22 and Sept 26<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member Drink + Think<\/strong>
Thurs, Aug 10, 5:30\u20137:30 p.m.
With Brandon Ruud, Abert family curator of American art<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About the Milwaukee Art Museum<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Home to a rich collection of more than 30,000 works of art, the Milwaukee Art Museum is located on the shores of Lake Michigan. Its campus includes the Santiago Calatrava\u2013designed Quadracci Pavilion, annually showcasing three feature exhibitions, and the Eero Saarinen\u2013designed Milwaukee County War Memorial Center and David Kahler\u2012designed addition. The Museum recently reopened its Collection Galleries, debuting nearly 2,500 world-class works of art within dramatically transformed galleries and a new lakefront addition. This reimagined space also allows for the presentation of additional changing exhibitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wasmuth Portfolio considered the most significant collection of architect\u2019s early work Milwaukee, Wis. \u2013 This summer, the Milwaukee Art Museum joins prominent institutions across the country in celebrating the 150th anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright\u2019s birthday. Frank Lloyd Wright: Buildings for the Prairie is on view July 28\u2013October 15 and presents a selection of the … Milwaukee Art Museum Celebrates 150th Anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright\u2019s Birthday This Summer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":858,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-press-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/858"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4636"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6219,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4636\/revisions\/6219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}