Gropius House (Lincoln, MA) : View of the sculpture Winter Trees

Creator:

Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969

Published/Created:

Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States
1937-1938

Date Depicted:

2008
1900 AD - 1949 AD

Materials:

wood, brick, fieldstone; glass block; acoustical plaster; chrome banisters

Notes:

The Gropius House was the family residence of noted architect Walter Gropius at 68 Baker Bridge Road, Lincoln, Massachusetts. It is now owned by Historic New England. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2000. Gropius lived there until his death in 1969. All family possessions are still in place, including a remarkable collection of furniture designed by Marcel Breuer and made in the Bauhaus workshops. Artwork includes personal gifts by Josef Albers, Joan Miró, and Henry Moore.] Forced to leave Germany by the rise of the Nazi party, Gropius accepted a position at Harvard. Gropius was soon joined by several former colleagues, including Marcel Breuer and Martin Wagner. When, in 1938, he built his own house at Lincoln, MA, it was more than a desire for stability; it was a proclamation of intent and a statement of faith. The house remains one of his best works, one which integrated modern European design with the traditional techniques of New England timber construction. The rectangular prism of its basic form was enriched by a projecting screen, overhanging canopies and free-standing posts, an outrigging which reduced the old Bauhaus dependence on mass and surface and related more closely to De Stijl Constructivism. The Lincoln house was undoubtedly designed by Gropius, although formally it represented a partnership between himself and Breuer.

Topics:

Architecture -- United States -- 20th century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Twentieth century

Culture:

American

Accession Number:

1A1-GW-GH-C15

Genre:

architecture (AAT)
houses (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

architecture; Artists' studios; domestic architecture Modernist; Twentieth century buildings; dwellings; houses By a local artist.

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Addition Module Five

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
2008

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4090

OID:

10052697

PID:

digcoll:1815389