Olgivanna Wright

Many years ago I worked for a company near Spring Green, WI that would do work for the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. They would ask that the drawings be delivered so a conversation could be had with the person working on the project just to make sure everyone understood the symbols and information on the drawing. One day I was finishing up my explanation with an architect in the grand drafting room at Taliesin when Mrs. Wright entered the room. She came over and asked who I was. I told her. She then invited me to her private quarters for cookies and tea. Her quarters had a grand view toward the east. We sat at the table near the windows and she proceeded to ask me questions about what was going on outside of Taliesin. We talked about government. We talked about the arts. The tea and cookies arrived and they were excellent. She expressed dismay that she did not get out much. I suggested that since she was the owner of the place she could do what she pleased. She was amused by that suggestion. We had a simple conversation which began several years of delivering small projects to Taliesin so that Mrs. Wright could have conversations with me. One time she suggested that she invited me into her quarters to make Wesley Peters mad since she never allowed him in there. A couple of times, I got to meet Svetlana Stalin who was married to Wesley Peters. I held their daughter for a short time during one visit while Svetlana and Mrs. Wright had a private conversation. I have read that Mrs. Wright tried to manipulate the people around her. Perhaps she was using me to make some of the staff mad. I never particularly felt that way. I did tell her of meeting her husband. After I finished the story, she laughed and laughed. She said many people had told her that they had met Frank Lloyd Wright. She said my story sounded just like the Frank she was married to. She told me she did not view her husband so much an architect, but more of an artist. That has always made sense to me. If you view his creations as art, they are very vibrant....more to follow.