In the decades following World War II, those who studied under architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Spring Green, Wisconsin and Scottsdale, Arizona through his Taliesin apprentice program designed and built a fabulous array of structures in La Jolla and San Diego. Several of them, including Vincent Bonini, Frederick Liebhardt, Loch Crane, Sim Bruce Richards and Bill Slatton, established their professional practices in San Diego. In addition to these focal studies, the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and his two sons Lloyd and John was presented. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Legacy in San Diego: the Taliesin Apprentices framed this remarkably rich portfolio of work with architectural drawings, photographs, and ephemera to demonstrate the power of Wright’s influence. The exhibition displayed, for the first time in San Diego, Frank Lloyd Wright’s unbuilt designs for the region. Curated by Keith York.

Major funding for this exhibition provided by Ray and Ellen Merewether with additional support from Nick and Lamya Agelidis, Elizabeth Courtier – Willis Allen Real Estate, Ike Kligerman Barkley Architects P.C., John and Diane Kane, Luce et Studio, Margie Warner and John H. Warner Jr., Donald and Jeannette Yeckel, Artworks San Diego, and modernsandiego.com. Institutional support provided by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture and the Members of the La Jolla Historical Society.

Our gratitude to the Museum of Modern Art | Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library at Columbia University, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, San Diego History Center, Getty Research Institute, Dr. Betty Edwards, Charles E. Young Research Library at UCLA, Loch Crane, Shannon Wehsener, the Bonini Family, Louise McWhorter, Darren Bradley, Elizabeth von Beck Archives, the Liebhardt Family, the Richards Family, Jonathan Schmock, and Private Collections for the loans and reproduction rights that made this exhibition possible.