Taliesin Reflections

Earl Nisbet

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Price: $24.95 US

ISBN:
10-Digit: 0-9778951-0-6
13-Digit: 978-0-9778951-0-6

Summary

Because of the hardship of the Great Depression, there were few clients coming to Frank Lloyd Wright for designs; so he turned to writing and lecturing.

During 1932, An Autobiography, was published and he and his wife, Olgivanna, began the Taliesin Fellowship where 30 apprentices came to live and learn from the most influential and imaginative architect of the 20th Century. His philosophy of “organic architecture,” which maintains that a building should develop from its natural surroundings, brought young men and women from all over the world. They assisted him on his projects, both at his home in Wisconsin, and at his desert camp in Arizona.

Taliesin Reflections relates some of the day-to-day activities that occurred during the author's time there, as well as what influenced him to become an apprentice to FLLW.

There have been engaging personalities the author has had the pleasure of knowing, and some have been characterized within.

Proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to Taliesin Preservation, Inc., the residence of Frank Lloyd Wright, Spring Green, WI.

Reviews

Taliesin Reflections by Earl Nisbet is an insightful reflection on the life within the Taliesin Fellowship founded by Frank and Olgivanna Lloyd Wright. This community was at the center of Frank Lloyd Wright’s work from the 1930s until his death in 1959. Nisbet shows us many authentic, enlightening, and entertaining aspects of this unique life.

This book is a very important read for those who are interested in Frank Lloyd Wright, as well as those who are, for the first time, discovering this American genius and the community around him.
—Eric Lloyd Wright, Grandson of Frank Lloyd Wright

A Must Read!
—Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, Director of Archives at Taliesin West

I shared a number of years at Taliesin with Earl Nisbet in the 1950s I wrote my book, Reflections From The Shining Brow, about my experience. Earl’s book is a delightful, authentic, and refreshing facet of the multi-faceted, diamond-like community founded in 1932 by Frank Lloyd Wright and his partner wife Olgivanna. It is a serious but highly entertaining narrative which I enjoyed immensely.
—Kamal Amin, Apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright and structural engineer for many of the architect’s buildings