Bruce Goff, architect, was born in born in 1904 in Alton, Kansas.
"Goff's accumulated design portfolio of 500 projects (about one
quarter of
them built) demonstrates a restless, sped-up evolution
through conventional styles and forms at a young age, through the
Prairie style of his heroes and correspondents Frank Lloyd Wright
and Louis Sullivan, then into original design. Finding inspir-
ation in sources as varied as
Antoni Gaudi, Balinese music,
Claude Debussy, Japanese ukiyo-e prints, and seashells, Goff's
mature work had no precedent and he has few
heirs other than his
former assistant, New Mexico architect Bart Prince and
Herb M. Greene. His contemporaries primarily followed tight functionalistic floorplans with flat roofs and no ornament. Goff's
idiosyncratic floorplans, attention to spatial effect, and use of
recycled
and/or unconventional materials such as gilded zebrawood,
cellophane strips, cake pans, glass cullet, Quonset Hut ribs,
ashtrays, and white turkey feathers, challenge conventional dis-
tinctions between order and disorder." Wikipedia says
Images via: brucegoffbartlesville.blogspot.com
Images via: namingthewinds.comImage, katz_42' account on Flickr and Omnicircus.com
Additional, here are some images of contemporary painter David Thorpe, who I adore:
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