Frank Lloyd Wright

WRIGHT CHILDREN

Frank Lloyd Wright married Catherine Lee Tobin in 1889 and had four sons and two daughters. Divorced in 1922. Was involved with, but never married Mamah (Borthwick) Cheney. She was killed in 1914. Married Miriam Noel in 1923, divorced in 1927. Married Olga Ivanova Hinzenberg Milanoff in 1928. They had one daughter Iovanna Lloyd Wright.

Children of Frank Lloyd and Catherine Wright:
       1) Frank Lloyd Wright, Jr. (Son) (March 30, 1890 - May 31, 1978, Santa Monica, California) He married Elaine B. Hyman in 1917, divorced. He married Helen (Taggart) Pole in 1926 and had one son, architect Eric Lloyd Wright. Lloyd Wright was a landscape architect and architect, Los Angeles and Southern California. Most well know projects were the Wayfarers Chapel, Palos Verdes, California and the Hollywood Bowl (demolished). He worked with his father on the 1920 California homes. For additional information see "Lloyd Wright: Architect".
       2) John Lloyd Wright (Son) (December 12, 1892 - December 20, 1972, San Diego, CA) He married Jeanette Winter in 1914, divorced in 1920. He married Hazel Josephine Lundin in 1921 and had one daughter and one son. Divorced in 1942. He married Frances L (Gordon) Welch in 1942. He was an architect and toy inventor, most notably Lincoln Logs (1916). He assisted his father on the Midway Gardens in Chicago and Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. He authored "My Father who is on Earth" (1946), describing his childhood memories and his relationship.
       3) Catherine Dorothy (Wright ) Baxter (Daughter) (January 12, 1894 - January 27, 1979). She married Kenneth Stuart Baxter in 1919 and had two sons and one daughter, Anne Baxter, the famous Hollywood actress. She was a homemaker and interior designer.
       4) David Samuel Wright (Son) (September 26, 1895 - November 1, 1997).

He married Helen Genevieva Willard in 1923 and had one son. She passed away in 1933. Married Charlotte Quinn in 1935, but soon after divorced after. Married Gladys W. Bowman in 1937. During the time he sold concrete blocks, his father designed a home for him in 1950 (S.322), Phoenix, Arizona, using concrete blocks.
       5) Frances Lloyd (Wright) Caroe (daughter) (September 3, 1898 - February 11, 1959) Married Richard Andrews Suppes in 1920, divorced in 1934. Married Oscar Emil Caroe in 1934 and had one daughter. In the 1940s she was the director of America House, New York City. It was established in 1940 as a cooperative retail store in New York City to promote and market contemporary American craft.
       6) Robert Llewellyn Wright (Son) (November 5, 1903 - February 22, 1986, Bethesda, Maryland) Married Elizabeth Bryant Kelher in 1933. They had two sons and one daughter. Llewellyn Wright was an attorney. His father designed a home for him in 1953 (S.358), Bethesda, Maryland.

Children of Frank Lloyd and Olgivanna Wright:
       7) Svetlana Hinzenburg Peters (1917-1946) (Olgivanna daughter from first marriage, Wright adopted). Married apprentice and longtime Fellowship member William Wesley "Wes" Peters. She was killed in an automobile accident in 1946.
       8) Iovanna Lloyd (Wright) Howe, Pieper, Gardner, Binnie, Schiffner (December 2, 1924 - ) Married apprentice Waring Howe, March 20, 1945. Married apprentice Arthur Pieper (1952 - S.349), June 18, 1954, her second marriage. Married apprentice Charles Gardner, third husband. Married apprentice Andrew Binnie, had one daughter. Married apprentice Lath Schiffner, October 1972, fifth husband. She was the only child of Frank Lloyd and Olgivanna Wright. Grew up at both Taliesin and Taliesin West. Involved in many of the Festivals of Music at Taliesin, 1957-1970. Wrote "Architecture: Man in Possession of His Earth" in 1962.

David & Gladys Wright Lloyd Wright Robert Llewellyn Wright Iovanna Lloyd Wright

DAVID AND GLADYS WRIGHT HOUSE (1950 - S.322)

PHOTOGRAPHS POSTERS ANATOMY OF A DESIGN "MARCH BALLOONS" ARCADIA HOME


PHOTOGRAPHS

	Date: 1953 Title: 1) David Wright House (1950) 1953 Description: The David Wright house was constructed in 1950. Wright called the design “How to live in the Southwest”. These were photographed for the June issue of House & Home 1953. Set of eight 4 x 5 proofs. Similar views in “Picturing Wright” Guerrero 1994, Page 128-131. Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. Exterior, beginning of the ramp. Size: Original 4 x 5 silver gelatin photograph proof. S#: 0987.10.0207

	Date: 1953 Title: 2) David Wright House 1953 Description: Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. Exterior, mid view of the ramp. Size: Original 4 x 5 silver gelatin photograph proof. S#: 0987.11.0207

	Date: 1953 Title: 3) David Wright House 1953 Description: Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. Exterior, view from the top of the ramp. Size: Original 4 x 5 silver gelatin photograph proof. S#: 0987.12.0207

	Date: 1953 Title: 4) David Wright House 1953 Description: Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. Interior, view to the left of the fireplace. Size: Original 4 x 5 silver gelatin photograph proof. S#: 0987.13.0207

	Date: 1953 Title: 5) David Wright House 1953 Description: Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. Interior, view of the fireplace. Published in “Frank Lloyd Wright” Treiber 1995, Page 109: Similar views in “Picturing Wright” Guerrero 1994, Page 130. Size: Original 4 x 5 silver gelatin photograph proof. S#: 0987.14.0207

	Date: 1953 Title: 6) David Wright House 1953 Description: Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. Interior, view of the right side of the fireplace. Size: Original 4 x 5 silver gelatin photograph proof. S#: 0987.15.0207

	Date: 1953 Title: 7) David Wright House 1953 Description: Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. Interior, view from the fireplace to the left. Size: Original 4 x 5 silver gelatin photograph proof. S#: 0987.16.0207

	Date: 1953 Title: 8) David Wright House 1953 Description: Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. Interior, view from the fireplace to the right. Size: Original 4 x 5 silver gelatin photograph proof. S#: 0987.17.0207

POSTERS

	Date: Circa 1997 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright (David Wright Carpet Design) (Produced by Mani-G ‘Raps & Co.) "The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection, Mani-G ‘Raps & Co." (Label on verso: U: 1012167, V#: 150-05020-16, g: Mani G Raps, H Rug Flat Sheet R, 20x30). An adaptation of the David Wright Carpet. Description: David Wright Residence (1950) (S.322). The carpet was installed after Guerrero photographed the home in 1953. It had its origins in 1926. Wright adapted the design for the carpet from a design from one of a series of 12 abstracts he created for the covers of Liberty Magazine in 1926-28 entitled "March Balloons". The covers were never published. It is reminiscent of the murals he created for the North and South walls of the Tavern in Midway Gardens (1913) entitled "City by the Sea". In 1956-57 Wright adapted "City by the Sea" for a mural design in the Music Pavilion at Taliesin West. Size: 20 x 30 ST#: 1997.47.1209

ANATOMY OF A DESIGN "MARCH BALLOONS"

David Wright Residence Carpet. The carpet was installed after Guerrero photographed the home in 1953. It had its origins in 1926. Wright adapted the design for the carpet from a design from one of a series of 12 abstracts he created for the covers of Liberty Magazine in 1926-28 entitled "March Balloons. The covers were never published. It is reminiscent of the murals he created for the North and South walls of the Tavern in Midway Gardens (1913) entitled "City by the Sea". In 1956-57 Wright adapted "City by the Sea" for a mural design in the Music Pavilion at Taliesin West.

"City by the Sea", North wall of the Tavern in Midway Gardens (1913). "March Balloons is reminiscent of the murals he created for the North and South walls of the Tavern in Midway Gardens. In 1956 Wright adapted "City by the Sea" for a mural design in the Music Pavilion at Taliesin West.

"City by the Sea", South wall of the Tavern in Midway Gardens (1913). "March Balloons is reminiscent of the murals he created for the North and South walls of the Tavern in Midway Gardens. In 1956 Wright adapted "City by the Sea" for a mural design in the Music Pavilion at Taliesin West.

1926 Design "March Balloons". Wright designed a series of 12 abstracts for the covers of Liberty Magazine from 1926-1928. The design for the March cover was entitled "March Balloons". The covers were never published, but Wright utilized the designs over the years. "March Balloons" was published on the cover of "Frank Lloyd Wright, Graphic Artist" Fowler, 2002.

David and Gladys Wright Residence Carpet Design. The carpet was installed after Guerrero photographed the home in 1953. It had its origins in 1926. Wright adapted the design for the carpet from a design from one of a series of 12 abstracts he created for the covers of Liberty Magazine in 1926-28 entitled "March Balloons. Courtesy of The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.

David and Gladys Wright Residence 2009. The Wright designed carpet was installed after Guerrero photographed the home in 1953. Courtesy Curbed.com.

The Frank Lloyd Wright 1997 Poster (David Wright Carpet Design) on the left is an adaptation of the David Wright Carpet on the right.

Taliesin West Music Pavilion Fireplace mural "City by the Sea" designed in 1956. In 1956 Wright adapted the Midway Gardens "City by the Sea" Murals for this mural design in the Music Pavilion at Taliesin West. Photographed by Douglas M. Steiner, Copyright 2004.

The Taliesin Festival of Music and Dance, 1970. "March Balloons" was adapted by The Taliesin Fellowship for the cover of this program.

Wright's original "March Balloons" design as published on the cover of "Frank Lloyd Wright, Graphic Artist" Fowler, 2002, compared with the adaptation published on the cover of the "The Taliesin Festival of Music and Dance, 1970".

Denver Art Museum Newsletter: On & Off The Wall - September / October 1990

Sky Magazine - June 1992

Side Note...

Side Note: Adaptation of March Balloons for carpet Dining and Living room at Taliesin III. Postcard of Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin, Circa 1960.

Also see: ; "Frank Lloyd Wright, Complete Works 1917-1942" Pfeiffer 2010, page 166.

ARCADIA HOME

	Date: Winter 2008 Title: Arcadia Home - Winter 2008 (Published by Arcadia News, Phoenix, AZ) Author: Bruns, Greg; Peters, Joanna Description: David and Gladys Wright home (1950) (S.322), Phoenix, Arizona, is for sale. "Wright’s Modern Organics... The interior ceilings, bookcases, cabinets, built-ins seating and storage, all originals, are carved out of Philippine mahogany. The concrete floor in the living room is adorned with a Frank Lloyd Wright designed rug... So many aspects of the home seem far ahead of their time..." Includes eleven photographs. (David Wright Home) Size: 11 x 12. Digital and printed version. Pages: Pp Cover, 3, 6-9 ST#: 2008.05.0110

LLOYD WRIGHT

	Date: 1971 Title: Lloyd Wright, Architect: 20th Century Architect in an Organic Exhibition (Soft Cover) (Published by Art Galleries, University of California, Santa Barbara, California) Author: Gebhard, David and Harriette Von Breton Description: Lloyd Wright, an architect in his own right was the eldest son of Frank Lloyd Wright. This is a catalog for an exhibition organized by David Gebhard and Harriette Von Breton for the Art Galleries, University of California, Santa Barbara, from November 23 to December 22, 1971. Extensive biography describes his life growing up in the Wright household, and his experience assisting his father before 1930. Includes numerous illustrations and photographs of his work, as well as a few of his father’s work while he assisted him. Also includes: A chronological list of writings on and illustrations of his buildings; Writings by Lloyd Wright; An extensive selected list of building and projects and A chronology of his life. (First Edition) (Sweeney 1847) Size: 7 x 11 Pages: Pp 101 S#: 1847.00.1112

ROBERT LLEWELLYN WRIGHT HOUSE (1958 - S.358)

	Date: 1958 Title: Robert Llewellyn Wright Balcony of Master Bedroom, 1958 (1953) (S.358). Bethesda, Maryland. Description: Stamped on verso: "ROTO Jun 29, 1958". Clipping n verso: "Apr 9, 1959. Wright. Looking Out - Cantilevered balcony projects off master bedroom. Door to utility room is below ground level." Robert Llewellyn was Wright’s sixth child. Although not published in House Beautiful, it did publish a spread about the home in the November 1995 issue, pages 244-245. Size: Original 8 x 10 B&W photo. S#: 1259.17.0310