“American Influence Abroad, 1886 and Later”

AboutDocuments the early transatlantic reception of H. H. Richardson's and Louis Sullivan's architecture in England and continental Europe, published in the Journal's "American Notes" department. Koch traces the English painter Hubert von Herkomer's 1886 meeting with Richardson in Massachusetts and the resulting design (executed 1889–90, largely redrawn by Herkomer) for his house "Lululand" in Bushey, Hertfordshire, which became a gathering place for artists including Charles F. A. Voysey, James Pryde, and William Nicholson. He follows the designer Walter Crane's 1891–92 American visit, including his stay at Adler & Sullivan's Auditorium Hotel; the Paris dealer Samuel Bing's 1896 survey La Culture Artistique en Amérique, which singled out Richardson's Allegheny County Courthouse and the Chicago Auditorium as America's finest buildings; and silversmith André Bouilhet's 1893 letter praising Sullivan after meeting him at the World's Fair. Koch connects this documented American influence to C. Harrison Townsend's Whitechapel Art Gallery, H. P. Berlage's Amsterdam Stock Exchange, and Joseph Olbrich's Vienna and Darmstadt work.

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