OBITUARY

摘要

In 1932, Frank Lloyd Wright — 65, penniless and out of work, his reputation tarnished by scandal - transformed his crumbling Wisconsin estate into the Taliesin Fellowship. For nearly three decades, young idealists flocked to the American Midwest to be part of this unique experiment: at once architecture school, workcamp, bohemian community and autocratic fiefdom. Edgar Tafel, who died in January aged 98, was one of Taliesin's best-known alumni. During his nine-year apprenticeship, Tafel played a lead role in the construction of both Johnson Wax and Fallingwater, as well as sharpening the great man's pencils, working the 600 acre farm and playing the piano at Saturday night recitals.