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Olgivanna Lloyd Wright (born Olga Ivanovna Lazović; December 27, 1898 – March 1, 1985) was the third and final wife of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. They first met in November 1924 and married in 1928. In 1932, the couple established Wright's architectural apprentice program and Taliesin Fellowship. In 1940, Olgivanna and Frank, along with ...
Sep 8, 2017 · Olgivanna Lloyd Wright, third wife of America’s innovative architect, not only sparked a renaissance in her husband’s career but possessed a creative spirit distinctly her own. Olgivanna Milijanov Lazovich Hinzenberg met Frank at a ballet performance in Chicago in 1924.
Mar 2, 1985 · Olgivanna Lloyd Wright, the collaborator and wife of Frank Lloyd Wright and, since his death in 1959, the keeper of his architectural legacy, died of a heart attack yesterday at...
While much has been written about the life and the innovative organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, little scholarly attention has focused on Wright’s third wife, Olgivanna, the individual who sparked a renaissance in Wright’s career from the time of the couple’s first meeting in 1924.
Sep 28, 2015 · Iovanna Lloyd Wright, daughter of Wright and his third wife, Olgivanna, died Sept. 7 in a nursing home in San Gabriel, Calif. She was 89.
Olgivanna Lloyd Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright’s wife, wrote a series of essays titled, “Our House” for the Capital Times of Madison, Wisconsin from 1958-1962. Here, in this December 1958 writing, she shares an intimate account of Frank Lloyd Wright’s final Christmas celebration at Taliesin West.
Mar 2, 1985 · Olgivanna Wright, 87-year-old widow of pioneering architect Frank Lloyd Wright, died Friday after suffering a heart attack. Mrs. Wright had been recovering from a bout of pneumonia, according...
Apr 10, 1985 · The exhumation and March 25 cremation were performed in fulfillment of the dying wishes of Wright's widow, Olgivanna Lloyd Wright, who died here March 1, according officials of the Frank...
When Frank Lloyd Wright died in 1959, according to his stipulation, Olgivanna became the President of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. She proved to be a born leader. She was able to sustain both Taliesin (East) and Taliesin West and to make changes and improvements to both as conditions demanded.
Oct 5, 2021 · In the USA she finally split from her first husband, but married the famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959). After his death, she remained to lead the Taliesin Fellowship, which Wright and she had founded.
