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Louis Henry Sullivan

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Louis Henry Sullivan (1856 - 1924) was active/lived in Illinois.  Louis Sullivan is known for Art nouveau architectural design.

Chicago architect Louis Sullivan is noted as a pioneer of distinctly American architecture, which he dressed in Art Nouveau details, and for his styled forms that promoted a uniquely American vision of that style. His motto was "form must follow function", meaning that buildings should first be designed for use and "not for ornament" (Larson 24). However, once Sullivan had established the functional design, he added memorable ornamentation.

Louis Sullivan studied in Boston and worked for Frank Furness in Philadelphia, before joining the engineering firm of Dankmar Adler in 1880, where he became a partner in 1883. In the late 1880s they built steel-framed skyscrapers that combined Adler's engineering skills with Sullivan's decorative genius. His stylized forms were derived from the Gothic Revival, yet they offered a radical new style for modern buildings.

After the Chicago fire of 1871, architects and structural engineers flocked to that city. As they rebuilt the city's   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4228 characters.]  Artist bio

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10 Book References for Louis Henry Sullivan
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2003 Larson, Erik The Devil in the White City 447 No
1995 Adams, H. and Johnson, K. Made in America Ten Centuries of American Art 192 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1977 Brown, Milton W American Art to 1900 Painting, Sculpture, Architecture 631 Yes
1948 Gardner, Helen Art Through the Ages (Third Edition) 851 Yes
1934 Sullivan, Louis The System of Architectural Architectural Ornament 0 No
1924 Sullivan, Louis The Autobiography of an Idea 0 No
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