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PA – Mill Run: Fallingwater – Visitor’s Center
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Fallingwater, sometimes referred to as the Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr. Residence or just the Kaufmann Residence, located within a 5,100-acre nature reserve 50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built between 1936 and 1939. Built over a 30-foot flowing waterfall on Bear Run in the Mill Run section of Stewart Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, the house served as a vacation retreat for the Kaufman family including patriarch, Edgar Kaufmann Sr., was a successful Pittsburgh businessman and president of Kaufmann’s Department Store, and his son, Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., who studied architecture briefly under Wright.
Fallingwater’s Pavilion, which houses a café, gift store, and visitor’s center, was designed Spanish designer Paul Mayén in 1977 at a cost of half a million dollars, borne by the Kaufman Foundation. The first center burned right after its 1979 opening, but was soon replaced by a second. Mayén had met Edgar Jr., a fellow art student, in the 1950′s and remained close to him through Edgar’s death in 1989–reportedly as his life partner. Both of their ashes are scattered at Fallingwater.
Fallingwater was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966. It was listed among the Smithsonian’s 28 Places to See Before You Die. In a 1991 poll of members of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), it was voted "the best all-time work of American architecture." In 2007, Fallingwater was ranked #29 on the AIA 150 America’s Favorite Architecture list.
National Register #74001781 (1974)
PA – Mill Run: Fallingwater – Visitor’s Center
Image by wallyg
Fallingwater, sometimes referred to as the Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr. Residence or just the Kaufmann Residence, located within a 5,100-acre nature reserve 50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built between 1936 and 1939. Built over a 30-foot flowing waterfall on Bear Run in the Mill Run section of Stewart Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, the house served as a vacation retreat for the Kaufman family including patriarch, Edgar Kaufmann Sr., was a successful Pittsburgh businessman and president of Kaufmann’s Department Store, and his son, Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., who studied architecture briefly under Wright.
Fallingwater’s Pavilion, which houses a café, gift store, and visitor’s center, was designed Spanish designer Paul Mayén in 1977 at a cost of half a million dollars, borne by the Kaufman Foundation. The first center burned right after its 1979 opening, but was soon replaced by a second. Mayén had met Edgar Jr., a fellow art student, in the 1950′s and remained close to him through Edgar’s death in 1989–reportedly as his life partner. Both of their ashes are scattered at Fallingwater.
Fallingwater was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966. It was listed among the Smithsonian’s 28 Places to See Before You Die. In a 1991 poll of members of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), it was voted "the best all-time work of American architecture." In 2007, Fallingwater was ranked #29 on the AIA 150 America’s Favorite Architecture list.
National Register #74001781 (1974)
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Palmas de Gran Canaria (España), 1925 Martin Chirino.Lady Arimaguada.
Reconocido escultor español, esta considerado como uno de los escultores españoles mas sobresalientes de las ultimas decadas.
Formado en la Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (Madrid, 1948), viaja posteriormente a Paris, donde conoce la obra de Julio Gonzalez, y despues a Roma, donde se siente seducido por la obra de Piero della Francesca y por el David de Miguel Angel. Completa su formacion en la School of Fine Arts de Londres.
Vuelve a Madrid con Manuel Millares, con quien forma un grupo de revision de lo autoctono canario. En 1958 Chirino realiza su primera exposicion individual y se integra en el grupo "El Paso", junto con Saura, Canogar, Feito, Millares, Ayllon, Juana Frances, Serrano, Suarez y Rivera. Desde 1967 visita periodicamente los EE.UU , donde acomete diversos proyectos monumentales.
Recibio el Premio Nacional de Artes Plasticas en 1980 y en 1985 la Medalla de Oro de Bellas Artes. Desde 1982 hasta 1992 fue Presidente del Circulo de Bellas Artes de Madrid. Inmediatamente despues Martin Chirino, principal inspirador del Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno de las Palmas de Gran Canaria (CAAM), ocupa dentro del organigrama del Centro las funciones de director y de consejero delegado, cargos que mantiene en la actualidad.
Entre sus ultimas EXPOSICIONES destacan: – "Martin Chirino".IVAM. Institut Valencia D’Art Moderna, 2006.
Esta en posesion de numerosos PREMIOS y GALARDONES internacionales, entre los que destacan: – Premio Internacional de Escultura de la Bienal de Budapest – Premio Nacional de Artes Plasticas – Premio Canarias de Artes Plasticas – Medalla de Oro a las Bellas Artes – Premio Nacional de Escultura de la CEOE – Medalla de Honor del Circulo de Bellas Artes de Madrid
Su obra puede verse en muchos de los MUSEOS y COLECCIONES mas importantes del mundo, como por ejemplo: – The Alfred North Ringling Museum. Saratoga. USA – Chase Manhattan Bank. Nueva York. – David Bright Foundation. Los Ã?ngeles. USA – Fundacion Juan March. Madrid. – Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation. Smithsonian Institution. Washington. – Kresge Art Center Gallery. Michigan State University. Michigan. – Middleheim Museum. Amberes. – Museo de Arte Abstracto. Cuenca. – Museo de Arte Contemporaneo. Barcelona. – Museo de Bellas Artes. Caracas. – Museo de Bellas Artes de Ã?lava. Vitoria. – Museo Casa de Colon. Las Palmas. – Museo-Coleccion Eduardo Westerdahl. Santa Cruz de Tenerife. – Museo de Escultura al Aire Libre de la Castellana. Madrid. – Museo Municipal. Santa Cruz de Tenerife. – Patrick Lannan Foundation. Miami. – Rhode Island School of Design. Rhode Island. USA – Woodward Court. University of Chicago. – Patrimonio Nacional. Palacio Real. Madrid. – Carnegie Institute. Museum of Art Pittsburgh PA. USA – The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Nueva York..
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