The Romantic Spirit of Frank Lloyd Wright:
Photographs by Carol Bishop

from September 8 through 21, 2006

Mona Bismarck Foundation
34 avenue de New York, 75116 Paris

The Mona Bismarck Foundation presents, The Romantic Spirit of Frank Lloyd Wright: an exhibition of eighty altered emulsion print photographs with mixed media by Carol Bishop. These images recreate relationships between human design and nature through images of selected Frank Lloyd Wright buildings.

Frank Lloyd Wright was one of America’s greatest architects. His designs embraced the ideas of Romanticism, a European philosophy based on concepts of democracy, utopia, and whose artists and writers looked to nature for inspiration. From the writings of J. J. Rousseau through the work of artists and writers of the 19th century, independent thinkers searched to find ways to capture the structures and feelings present in the vast energy of nature. French Art Nouveau and The Arts and Crafts movement paved the way for a new generation of designers and craftspeople who came to influence the New World.

Wright is the most recognizable American Architect in the world. His buildings capture “Romanza”, the energy of the independent thinker and the determination to design structures. These particular images, altered photo emulsions capture his vision.

Carol Bishop is an artist/photographer whose work centers on issues of architecture. She’s created over a dozen art exhibitions on Frank Lloyd Wright in America and Europe including shows at Taliesen III and Taliesen West.
Ms. Bishop, Ph. D., is a Senior Lecturer at Woodbury University, Los Angeles.

Celebrating its twentieth anniversary, the Mona Bismarck Foundation, created by the late American philanthropist Countess Mona Bismarck, promotes artistic, literary, scientific and educational activities, particularly those which further Franco-American friendship.

An American foundation, registered in the State of New York, the Mona Bismarck Foundation supports, as its main programmatic activity, a Paris Cultural Center in the Countess’ former townhouse overlooking the Eiffel Tower. Since 1986, the Foundation has organized over sixty exhibitions free to the public.

The Center also houses a library dedicated to the study of American history and culture and provides office and conference space for a select number of non-profit Franco-American associations such as The American Club of Paris, the Association of Americans Resident Overseas, the French Heritage Society, the American Overseas Memorial Day Association, and the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial Foundation.

This combination of activities has made the Mona Bismarck Foundation a centerpiece of cultural and scholarly exchange between the European and American continents.

Photo: Charles Ennis House, Los Angeles, California, 1923

The Romantic Spirit of Frank Lloyd Wright:
Photographsby Carol Bishop
September 8 - 21, 2006
Mona Bismarck Foundation
34 avenue de New York, 75116 Paris
Email: info@monabismarck.org
www.monabismarck.org

Days and opening hours:
Tuesday to Saturday from 10:30 a.m. – 18:30 p.m.
– Closed on holidays
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Admission: Free
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Scenography: Christian Roy
scenographe@monabismarck.org

Graphics: Dianne Henning
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