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Frank Lloyd Wright Artglass |
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Frank Lloyd
Wright created light screens -
windows with ornamentation for
the diffusion of walls - to let
the outside in and the inside
out. Mixing form with function,
they provided beauty as artwork
as well as privacy while letting
in soft natural diffused light.
Frank Lloyd Wright designed
ornate panels of glass for
skylights and windows.
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Wright
designed over 4,000 leaded glass
windows and doors for over 150
of his buildings. While most
know them as "leaded glass" and
they were often referred to as
"art glass windows", Wright
often referred to them as "light
screens". This term has its
roots in Japanese shoji screens,
which were arranged in bands
like his windows. Wright created
leaded glass designs for doors,
skylights, back-lit ceiling
panels, table lamps, and wall
sconces as well as for windows. |
Renowned
Saguaro artglass panel by Frank
Lloyd Wright at the
Arizona
Biltmore Hotel, Phoenix, AZ also
designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
There is also an exhibit of
Frank Lloyd Wright art glass at
the
The Art Institute of Chicago. |
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The
image featured on our WrightSite home page and
shown to the left is used with permission from
Robert Cooper. Here is the background on this
panel according to Robert. |
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"The small tree of life panel on your site was
inspired by the abstract design of a magnolia
in blossom, a motif used in the W. A.
Glasner house in Glencoe, Illinois (Frank Lloyd
Wright - 1905). We began selling it at the
Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio in Oak
Park, Illinois well over 25 years ago. It's been
sold at over 20 major museum stores nationally.
It's been available in several colors and sizes
up to 12"X42", which was close to an exact
copy."
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Born
and raised in Chicago, Bob lived in Palos
Heights, IL for 17 years while raising a family,
restoring the
Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio, and doing
the restoration of the Ryerson Architectural
Library ceiling in the
The Art
Institute of Chicago® and their art glass
collection. My selections from this collection
can be seen on their website
here. |
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Cooper moved to Florida 16 years ago. He still
supplies art glass to every Wright site that has
a store and gives tours. He's worked from home
full time for over 30 years doing glass work.
More on Robert Cooper and the actual panels
which are available can be see on Robert
Cooper's ArtGlass Site at
http://www.cooperartglass.com/. |
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Other Frank Lloyd Wright light screens. |
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Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, 951
Chicago Avenue, Oak Park, IL - Frank Lloyd
Wright - 1889-1909 |
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Robie
House, Hyde Park, University of Chicago,
Chicago, IL -
Robie House page on Rick's Wrightsite |
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Darwin Martin House/Complex, Buffalo, New York |
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William Martin House,
646 East Avenue, Oak Park,
IL - Frank Lloyd Wright - 1903 |
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Hollyhoke House. Las Angeles, CA -
Hollyhoke House page on Rick's WrightSite |
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Unity
Temple - Oak Park, IL -
Unity Temple page on Rick's WrightSite |
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Nathan G. Moore House, 333 Forest Avenue,
Oak Park, Illinois - Frank Lloyd Wright - 1895,
1923 |
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The Frank Lloyd Wright House in
Ebsworth Park -
Feature page on Rick's WrightSite
Russell and Ruth Kraus House,
120 North
Ballas Road, Kirkwood, Missouri
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Frank Lloyd Wright
- 1957
Kraus
House - Kirkwood, MO -
http://www.ebsworthpark.org/ |
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Edward P. and Florence Irving Residence and
Garage, 2 Milliken Place, Decatur, Illinois -
1909
Designed
by Frank Lloyd Wright and built by
Marion Mahony and Hermann von Holst who
worked for Wright. |
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J. Kibben Ingalls House, 562 Keystone Avenue
River Forest, Illinois - 1909 - Frank Lloyd
Wright |
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James Charnley Residence - 1365 North Astor
Street, Chicago - Frank Lloyd Wright and Lewis
Sullivan - 1892
The house is now called the Charnley–Persky
House and is operated as a Museum by The Society
of Architectural Historians. |
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Fine
Arts Building - 410 South Michigan Avenue,
Chicago
The Frank Lloyd Wright Windows display is on the
second floor in the elevator lobby. |
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Dr. R. L. Truitt House,
48 East Jefferson Avenue, Naperville, Illinois
- 1915 - FLW associate
HARRY ROBINSON |
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Frank
Lloyd Wright Artglass Exhibit at the Art
Institute of Chicago - |
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Emil Bach
House - Chicago |
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Avery Coonley
House - Riverside, IL |
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Francis Lamb
House - Wayzata, MN |
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E.F. Tomek
House - Riverside, IL |
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Balloons,
Coonley Playhouse, Riverside, IL |
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Robert Evans
House - Chicago |
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Eric & Cathy Allen House - Brendonwood,
Indianapolis, IN - 2009 |
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Back to WrightSite Home |
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This
page lasted updated 01/11/14
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