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Film: Louis Sullivan: The Struggle for American Architecture
- Location: Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Springfield
- Date: Sunday, April 10, 2011, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Free and open to the public.
Join the Dana-Thomas House Foundation for the Central Illinois premier of Louis Sullivan: The Struggle for American Architecture the first feature-length documentary about the revolutionary and brilliant Chicago architect Louis Sullivan (1856-1924). Known by historians as the ‘father of the skyscraper’ and creator of the iconic phrase ‘form follows function,’ Sullivan was on top of his profession in 1890. Then a series of setbacks plunged him into destitute obscurity from which he never fully recovered. Yet his persistent belief in the power of his ideas created some of America’s most beautiful buildings ever created, and inspired Sullivan’s protégé, Frank Lloyd Wright, to fulfill his own dream of a truly American style of architecture. The 97-minute film will be shown free of charge in the Thorne Deuel Auditorium of the Illinois State Museum. An introduction will be given by the film’s director, Mark Richard Smith, who will also take questions after the showing. For additional information, please call the Dana-Thomas House Foundation office at (217) 788-9452.
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