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Frank Loyd Wright

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1959

 

   
This spiraling structure, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1939, embodies the enduring influence of the nonprofit organization that made it a reality: the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Celebrating its seventieth year, the organization has had a profound effect on the art world, primarily through the establishment of museums scattered across the globe, as well as the collecting and exhibiting of significant artwork. Also, one cannot overstate the enduring influence of Wright on the world of architecture.