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Article: Frank Lloyd Wright and the "Gift" of Genius

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September 1, 2009
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Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) is probably the most famous architect in the world. He is author of undoubtedly the most famous private home in the world, Fallingwater, which perches so dramatically on the cliff overhanging the eponymous waterfall near Pittsburgh. How did this acknowledged masterpiece, this work of such singular genius, come to be? The story of Fallingwater's inception serves as a perfect introduction to the persona that Wright, and to an extent those who knew him, fashioned for popular media consumption. It is related by one of his Taliesin fellows, Edgar Tafel:

Fall 1935. Taliesin, Wisconsin: "Come along, EJ. We're ready for you," boomed Mr. Wright into the hand-cranked ...

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