Interesting. I just Googled the house. You’ve done a really excellent sketch of it, and the building has a truly beautiful presence. The whole thing is very elegant.

danke schön, lordi. The sketch was tiny, but i was standing outside with a piece of paper that was blowing like crazy, and a cheap felt pen. Most of my other sketches were a mess!

Wright did lots of houses back then, with long sweeping lines, emulating the flat lines of the American Midwest. And it was so "new" that when the photos of his houses hit Europe, the architects were stunned that America finally created its own unique vision. The Robie, in person, feels like it's going to "take off"...yet it's so compact and "cute," you want to hug it. His other early houses are more spectacular, but the Robie summed them all up. And, the interiors were so intense, they were almost unlivable. Thanks for looking and for your comment about the sketch. Much appreciated.

dang! what a very professional sketch Mark. love the history you mention on this. also enjoy the green line design with your cute dog looking at it. starring at the green lines for awhile make your eyes wander.

thank you so much, Steve. And I'm glad you liked my dumb little cartoon of the dog...Wright's early houses ALL had low sweeping lines. And when I saw some as a kid, I felt like that dog. "What is going on here?" I thought.

And the history---my graduate school was a scary place, to a 22 year old. Lots of people at the top of their fields, tons of foreign accents, a history that felt centuries older than it was. And the famous Physics Department, where they split the atom. I might write about those days, one day. But I'm really glad you enjoyed my little piece of history. I really appreciate your kindness.

Lots of history to that house! Your sketch did it justice, instantly recognizable!

Oh thank you, donnena...you know, I realize I haven't commented on your last several uploads...it's a long time ago, but I intend to go back there and visit some of them again...thank you for your comment, I'm glad my tiny sketch looks like the house. And yes, the history there is unusually deep for a little neighborhood that was formed in the late 1800s. That university gives the feeling that it's been there since the Middle Ages. Thank you again, I much appreciate your visit.

I recall seeing some photos years ago of Lloyd's architecture and I was impressed:-)

Definitely a genius he was.

Thanks max. Yes he was a genius. If you go into the interiors of his early houses, it's like being zapped by radiation: He was rightly criticized for packing his interiors way too intensely...what some have called the "tyrrany of design". He designed the chairs, the carpeting, the windows, the lights, lamps, yada yada...and those rooms are so geometric and so packed, you almost can't move. Several interiors have been redone (the robie, to an extent), but the originals are like museum pieces rather than living spaces. But his exteriors were glorious and jazzy. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Well done on sketches.If there wasn't the real house, we could think you invented a grounded ship

lol---yes, the Robie House looks like a grounded ship! Absolutely...In person, even moreso...thanks for your comment, it's much appreciated

I like the 2 sketches a lot, they look professional. Lol, and I should know because shortly after the Second World War, Karel's father earned extra money, by sketching buildings after his regular job in the evenings. A kind of architectural extra income.

The sketch with your funny dog, the contrast of those 2 objects, I find it very comical, but yes, I know that you, my friend, are also, or can be, partly comical. ;-) And I'm looking for your latest story here in your gallery but couldn't find it. I suspect my detective nose is not functioning properly, could that be it? For now, wishing you a fantastic weekend, with maybe a walk to those fame buildings in Chicago. Stay safe and painless, Mark.

thank you so much, Jacomina. For a few days my back was so bad, I couldn't even sit. It's better now. Thank you for your comment on my drawings. They're both old drawings---thought the cartoon is digital. So it's not that old.

It's amazing that Karel's father made architectural drawings for a living: I did too, for some architectural firms and for designers. I actually studied architectural drawing for a short while. Was Karel's father an architect? Or did he study drafting or technical drawing? It's a very technical art---he must've been a professional if he was hired to do it. (I wasn't, but they hired me anyway, for a year or two.) I used technische pens a lot, with t-vierkants (?) and passers and franse curves (I hope my dutch is ok!). I hope Karel's father enjoyed it---it can be very tedious, but it can also be wonderful. Frank Lloyd Wright made gorgeous architectural drawings, he even developed his own lettering. My sketch here was made with simple felt pen (viltstift? fineliner)...I never sold it...I'm just glad I didn't lose it. I have very little art leftover from those days...

The cartoon (lol) was supposed to be a moon and what a frank lloyd wright home might look like to a dog. It's a bad cartoon, lol, it's not clear at all. (I flattened the moon to harmonize with Wright's early "flat" style---it didn't work too well for me, lol). But that was my intention. The early Wright masterpieces had lots and lots of long sweeping lines, so I put them into the cartoon. Thank you for your kind response.

And re the missing tale---I took it down because it was so serious and so heavy, and I wasn't happy with the style. I will re-post it. But given all you're going through, it's fine if you don't read it. It's a very heavy "improvisation" on another artist's video. He (JohnnyM) created a "syndicate" which could take over the world...so, with Johnny's encouragement, I wrote a tale of a horrible leader who has already taken over the world. It was VERY hard to write, and I used memories of being held at gun-point a few times in my life, and of the stories of people who've been in dictatorships. But it was for Johnny (he worked very hard on a video for me), so I will repost my tale. It's fine if you don't read it, Jacomina. It was very hard to write, and it's got a lot of convoluted passages, and it's very pessimistic until the end. It only got 2 comments, so it wasn't my most 'popular' work, lol. Thank you for looking for it, though: I appreciate that you did detective work. Thank you again for your comment, I greatly appreciate everything you share.

Oh I love perspective sketches. That was one thing, no teacher was able to take away from me. I learned from my father and from time to time I was allowed to use his architect's table. That meant heaven for me :)

This is really amazing what you did here! WOW effect!

oh thank you so much, nena. Esp as you came from architecture in your upbringing. Your father was an architect? Or in the field? Wow. You're "to the manner born," as we say. You have it in your blood. Since this was about Frank Lloyd Wright, Wright had one of the most beautiful and classy drawing styles in his field. And he developed his own lettering style too. If I could draw like that, I'd be very happy.

Thank you so much for your comment. I'll get back to you on all you shared recently. What a long trial you've been through. I'm slow these days, but I'll get back to you.