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Frank Lloyd Wright: Beyond an icon
Architect and designer Frank Lloyd Wright became ultra-popular for his new architectural style blending geometry and nature. His ground-breaking designs had a wide range of influences, from his training with American architect Louis Henry Sullivan to his love of Japanese woodblock prints.
In turn, his work has been a source of inspiration across the globe, including for architects Kengo Kuma in Japan and Rudolph Schindler in Austria and American sculptor Mark Lindquist. And so the creative cycle continues.
Written by: Serenella Sessini, Assistant Curator of V&A East Storehouse
Published: May 2025
Sourcebook for Design
- Museum Number
- E.1436-1991
- Title/Description
- Frank Lloyd Wright Architectuur Tentoonstelling
- Artist/Maker
- Wijdeveld, Hendrikus
- Location
- Netherlands
- Date
- 1931
- Materials/Techniques
- Paper, Printing ink, Letterpress
- Museum Number
- W.15-2014
- Title/Description
- Dining chair
- Artist/Maker
- Schindler, Rudolph Michael
- Location
- California
- Date
- ca.1946
- Materials/Techniques
- Douglas fir, Plywood, Pine, Nailing, Staining, Planing
- Museum Number
- W.1-2009
- Title/Description
- 'So Long Frank Lloyd Wright Bowl'
- Artist/Maker
- Lindquist, Mark
- Location
- Florida
- Date
- 1994
- Materials/Techniques
- Maple, Turning, Carving
- Museum Number
- E.845-2014
- Title/Description
- Sanlitun SOHO
- Artist/Maker
- Kuma, Kengo
- Location
- Japan
- Date
- 2008
- Materials/Techniques
- Wood, Plastic, Printing ink, Model-making
- Museum Number
- E.1416-1898
- Title/Description
- Parading Courtesan with Attendants
- Artist/Maker
- Suzuki Harunobu
- Location
- Tokyo
- Date
- late 1760s
- Materials/Techniques
- Paper, Ink, Colourant, Woodblock print
- Museum Number
- M.28-1992
- Title/Description
- Urn
- Artist/Maker
- Wright, Frank Lloyd
- Location
- Chicago
- Date
- ca. 1902
- Materials/Techniques
- Copper, Patinating, Metal-cutting, Soldering
- Museum Number
- E.582-1966
- Title/Description
- Design 706
- Artist/Maker
- Wright, Frank Lloyd
- Location
- United States
- Date
- 1956
- Materials/Techniques
- Paper, Colour screen print
- Museum Number
- W.8-1992
- Title/Description
- Armchair
- Artist/Maker
- Wright, Frank Lloyd
- Location
- Grand Rapids
- Date
- 1937-1939
- Materials/Techniques
- Steel, Walnut, Wool, Plastic, Enamelling, Upholstery