Prairie Style Interior from the collection of Anderson Gallery - BSU

Prairie Style Interior by Donald Stoltenberg

Prairie Style Interior, 1984

Watercolor

20 x 29.5 in (50.8 x 74.93 cm)

Signature: Titled, signed and dated in pencil at back. Signed and dated in green pencil at lower right.

Inv: 245736.102

Location: Art Center

The Prairie style emerged in Chicago around 1900 from the work of a group of young architects, including Frank Lloyd Wright. These architects melded the ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement, with its emphasis on nature, craftsmanship and simplicity, and the work and writings of architect Louis Sullivan. They embraced Sullivan’s architectural theories, which called for non-derivative, distinctly American architecture rooted in nature, with a sense of place, but also incorporated modern elements, like flat planes and stylized ornamentation.

Prairie buildings are, as Wright said, “married to the ground.” They celebrate the long, low landscape of the Midwest. Their most defining characteristic is their emphasis on the horizontal rather than the vertical. They spread out over their lots, featuring flat or shallow hipped roof lines, rows of windows, overhanging eaves and bands of stone, wood or brick across the surface. Thin Roman bricks sometimes enhance the effect and cantilevers often extend the horizontal line without vertical support. Even the unwelcome verticals of downspouts are either eliminated or carefully placed.

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