Who were some famous people who visited Wright at Taliesin?
• Maginel Wright Barney, children’s book illustrator. She was Frank Lloyd Wright’s youngest sister. • Anne Baxter, actress, star of All About Eve and The Ten Commandments. She was one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s grandchildren. • Sophie Braslau, American contralto opera singer. She visited Taliesin after a performance in Madison, Wisconsin during the winter of 1932-33 and sang “Der Erl Konig” in Taliesin’s living room. • Gutzon Borglum, sculptor, designer of Mount Rushmore. He was a frequent visitor to Taliesin. • Henri Cartier-Bresson, world-famous photographer. He came to Taliesin in the summer of 1947 to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. • Elizabeth Enright, children’s book writer. Frank Lloyd Wright’s niece (Maginel’s daughter), Ms. Enright won the Newbery Medal in 1939 for the children’s book, Thimble Summer, which was inspired by the landscape of the Taliesin Estate. • Marcel Grandjany, one of the greatest harpists of his time, he also taught at Julliard. Visited Taliesin as a guest of F
