Louis Sullivan
Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 - April 14, 1924) was an American architect. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Many people call him the creator of the modern skyscraper. Along with Henry Hobson Richardson and Frank Lloyd Wright, he is one of "the recognized trinity of American architecture.[1] He was a critic at the Chicago School. Sullivan was also a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright.[2] He died in Chicago. He is buried in Graceland Cemetery in Uptown, Chicago.
Louis Sullivan Media
Prudential Building, also known as the Guaranty Building, Buffalo, New York, 1894
Ornamentation on the World's Fair Transportation Building, Chicago, 1893–94
Monument for Sullivan in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois - note the alternative spelling of his middle name on the memorial
Detail of the ornamentation of the Van Allen Building
Wainwright Tomb, St. Louis
A portion of the western elevation of National Farmer's Bank, Owatonna, Minnesota (1908)
Entrance from the 1893 Chicago Stock Exchange building, saved and reinstalled at The Art Institute of Chicago
- WainwrightbuildingstlouisUSA
