Frank Lloyd Wright Signed Taliesin New Year to Foster Jackson 1945 & Manuscript

Description: Frank Lloyd Wright Signed Taliesin New Year to Apprentice Foster Jackson 1945 1945 Frank Lloyd Wright Signed New Year Card Signed to apprentice Foster Rhodes Jackson Included is unpublished manuscript (incomplete) by Jackson, and correspondence between him and several publishers in his effort to have his work published. "For the many and Foster Jackson,New Year .... F-LL-W" Acquired directly from the family of Foster Rhodes Jackson BIOGRAPHY OF FOSTER RHODES JACKSON Foster Rhodes Jackson was an architect originally from the East Coast. Native to the Boston area, he was a man of his time. Born in 191111 he first encountered Frank Lloyd Wright?s work at an exhibition at the Boston Museum of Modern Art in 1932. This exhibition first introduced Jackson to Wright?s philosophies. Jackson studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating in 1934 with a Bachelor's degree. But his studies seemed perfunctory at best. After graduating, he worked with his father, an architect as well, building carriage houses typical of the 1930s. Eastern coastal cities were in the middle of a post-industrial manufacturing campaign; yet in correspondence with Wright, Jackson longed for something more meaningful. ?It was about 1932 when I first discovered your work. From then on I realized there was more to architecture than I was learning both at M.I.T, and from my father, a practicing architect.?12 Jackson found little comfort, inspiration or solace within modern cities, and typical architectural styles of the East Coast fell flat of compelling his sensibilities. Ultimately, he rebelled against the current aesthetic. ?I can remember working for my father and gradually realizing his application of "style" until it worked up to a terrible crescendo in a large "Colonial" apartment house. My spirit rebelled completely and I "went into independent practice". This consisted of very little work but a free spirit and one free enough to say "NO" to the much needed client who insisted on a little house like one in a magazine.? Jackson did not have to toil long in this condition. World War Two struck and he was drafted into the Navy where he served as a submarine commander. Nonetheless, the world felt pummeled and tired to him, the gray skies--so often a familiar site to those in the New England area--were somehow more stifling than the pitch-black oceanic void that loomed outside his submarine windows. Reacting to this sense of tedium, Jackson became entranced by the idea of the submarine as an ?organic? form, an idea he picked up from Wright?s philosophy. The notion of Organic architecture flooded Jacksons psyche, preoccupying his mind for over ten years, altering the lens through which he viewed the world. Indeed, all environments began showing him their organic qualities, expressions that would go unnoticed to those lacking a discerning eye, but certainly apparent to Jackson in his formative years. Once again in a letter to Wright, he declared the submarine perhaps ?a truly organic structure? suggesting the necessity of the submarine?s shape drove its form through utility, almost becoming a fish made of metal. An honest object -- no frills or expectation, no pomp, no circumstance -- it looked the way it needed to, and as a result became a natural object in its seemingly foreign environment. That?s where the utility of Modernism met and married the otherwise disparate qualities of Organic architecture, thus solidifying it as an offshoot of the whole genre. ?At present I am the Executive Officer on a submarine, (a truly organic structure), this is immaterial except for the fact that it interferes with architecture. In spite of this interruption I am still designing in what little time I have available.? One of his first documented designs, found in an exchange between Jackson and Wright, was drafted onboard his craft. Sketches for his friends back East were inspired by Wright?s designs. Jackson was adamant about the necessity of beauty uncommon to the East Coast infiltrating and becoming norm to architecture and would do the job for his friends free of charge, so long as they didn?t expect a ?typical cottage? out of the deal. Projects became new opportunities for Jackson to disseminate what he was about to learn at Taliesin, and which he had already picked up from the gospel of Frank Lloyd Wright. ?I shall design them what I believe to be right and as near true architecture as I am able. If they are unconvinced by the design, explanations and logic, which I doubt, I will not do them the little colonial cottage they think they want.? Jackson?s time of solitude commanding a naval craft opened his mind and directed his perceptions toward then-unique aesthetics. He spent his free time on the craft thinking deeply about architecture in new forms, and now was desperate to move west to join Wright in the Organic architectural movement. Frank Lloyd Wright was by this time an internationally acclaimed architect responsible for the construction of over 1000 buildings, and the creation of a whole genre within modern architecture18. He had established two schools, Taliesin in Wisconsin and Taliesin West in Arizona. What went on at such institutions is the stuff of legend, and had already begun to change the perception Jackson had toward architecture and the world at large. Jackson wanted to join Wright as a fellow for quite some time, expressing to him that it was financially unfeasible until his life in the navy. ?You have been the guiding light of my life for over ten years, You perhaps wonder that, feeling as I do, I haven't come to Taliesin. To do this has always been one of my greatest hopes. About 1934 I wrote to Taliesin about the fellowship... but I did not have the money, and was considerably in debt at that time. However, I am now out of debt and financially sound.? Financially sound, life as before the draft was no longer an option for Jackson; finally, he could join Wright at Taliesin. Thus, packing his bags of the few items he owned, recently released from the Navy and now a free man, Jackson took off to Taliesin West, with the hopes of finding himself, communing with nature, and uniting with the mentor who had already changed his life. Jackson believed it was nearly miraculous he should be introduced to Wright, and quickly picked up on the belief system Wright carried, extending thankfulness when he experienced personal breakthroughs. ?I am most grateful to you our beloved Master, through whom this joy of creative understanding has come.? Through this language we can also garner insight into the cult of personality Wright created around himself. The fellows of the program were devoted to his teachings, and would happily espouse them to their respective, post-Taliesin locations. After leaving Taliesin Jackson set out on his personal career. He found his place in the foothills of Los Angeles, marking Claremont as his home.21 Jackson experienced fame and success in the productiveness of the projects he pursued, the friends he carried, and the path his career took him on, exposing him internationally to different audiences all around. His career coincided and informed a renaissance of architecture, directly before suburban sprawl morphed entirely to soulless mass production, stifling the creativity and subsequent clout allotted to architects of the time. McMansions were inconceivable at this point. Jackson still had a moment to compete with the sprawl to come, and although the post-war era boom was underway, it had yet to discard the craftsman aesthetic. Detached single family units were just being popularized, and their quality had yet to deteriorate. In fact, Jackson himself participated in an experimental tract housing development, The Padua Hills Artist Colony, contrasted to the later sterile boom. Jackson also witnessed the culmination of modernity to its intense and fatal climax. He rode the wave it caused in the world of art, architecture and design, and during this era found his own under the tutelage of Frank Lloyd Wright, all swept up in the world of Taliesin. Jackson was dedicated to architecture and the wild entice of the non-developed environment. Being a man of his time, Jackson embraced the single-family home, a luxury that afforded him plenty of creative opportunities, particularly in a recently developing Los Angeles. Thus, the western landscapes he ventured to post-war benefited his imagination greatly. They inspired and guided him to the creative places he wished to explore, and helped him find meaning and purpose, eventually leading him to settle in Claremont, the town he would help define, and call his home. Every project for every client was a new case study. His hundreds of works became a repertoire of unbound experimentation. Whether a fresh new construction, for which Jackson had all control over from the seeds of its conception to the finishing touches (of which he was ever so meticulous about, down to the fabric on the built- in furniture), or to the slight additions on houses of more casual clients, he managed to express himself and his Taliesin qualities in all genres and motifs. The intimate relationships Jackson would foster with his clientele were almost a natural occurrence of the dynamic. Those who wished to have him build their house from beginning to end would go on to tell stories of Jackson for years after. The man was charismatic, albeit wildly eccentric, and certainly left an impression. He died in 1997 About Us About Us We're a genuine seller offering unique quality items at lower prices. In an effort to remain green and reduce our carbon footprint, every item is carefully packaged using recovered boxes, bubble wrap, and packing peanuts from the major retailers. 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Price: 2500 USD

Location: San Bernardino, California

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