Queer Places:
Princeton University (Ivy League), 110 West College, Princeton, NJ 08544
The Art Students League of New York, 215 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019, Stati Uniti
Manitoga, 584 NY-9D, Garrison, NY 10524, Stati Uniti
Russel Wright (April 3, 1904 – December 21, 1976)[1]
was an American Industrial designer during the 20th century. Beginning in the
late 1920s through the 1960s, Russel Wright created a succession of
artistically distinctive and commercially successful items that helped bring
modern design to the general public.
Russel Wright was born into an historic old American family, Wright's mother had direct lineage with two signers of the Declaration of Independence, and his father and grandfather were local judges.
Wright married Mary Small Einstein, a designer, sculptor and businesswoman, in 1927, after a short yet care free summer together in Woodstock, New York, where Russel was involved in the New York artist's Maverick Festival and artist colony. Mary studied sculpture under Alexander Archipenko. Together Mary and Russel went on to form Wright Accessories, a home accessories design business and began creating small objects for the home consisting of cast metal animals and informal serving accessories of spun aluminum and other materials. The couple also wrote the best-selling Guide to Easier Living in 1950 that described how to reduce housework and increase leisure time through efficient design and management.
Wright’s only child, Annie, was only two years old when Mary died in 1952, necessitating Wright's raising their adopted daughter as a single parent. Annie Wright continues to manage her father’s designs and products through Russel Wright Studios.
After his wife’s death, Russel Wright retired to his 75-acre (300,000 m2) estate, Manitoga in Garrison, New York, building an eco-sensitive Modernist home and studio called Dragon Rock surrounded by extensive woodland gardens. It is on the National Register of Historic Places and a U.S. Department of Interior designated National Historic Landmark. Manitoga is open to the public, operated by the non-profit Russel Wright Design Center, with tours and hiking trails. [3]
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Princeton University, NJ
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Manitoga, 584 NY-9D, Garrison, NY 10524
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