Fletcher Steele
Fletcher Steele (born June 7, 1885 in Rochester as John Fletcher Steele , † July 16, 1971 ibid) was an American landscape architect and author. He is considered the pioneer of modern American garden design and a bridge to modernity .
Fletcher Steele has designed nearly 700 gardens , almost all of them private gardens. He has authored three books and hundreds of magazine articles. His most famous work is the Naumkeag Garden . This 19.4 hectare property is now a National Register of Historic Places and is now open to the public.
Life
Steele graduated from Williams College , a prestigious private university , in 1907 . He then attended the landscape architecture program at Harvard University . In 1908 he left Harvard and began training with landscape architect Warren H. Manning.
In 1913 Steele went on a study trip to Europe that lasted four months. After his return he opened his own architecture office. His first work was strongly influenced by the British gardening style of the Arts and Crafts Movement . During World War I , Fletcher served on the American Red Cross in Europe.
After visiting the world exhibition of applied arts and industrial design, Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et industriels modern, in 1925 in Paris, he increasingly oriented himself towards the Art Deco style . Steele also played an influential role in the transition from Art Deco to Modernism .
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Works (selection)
- Naumkeag , former property of the New York lawyer Joseph Hodges Choate , in the Berkshire Mountains in the area of the city Stockbridge in the State of Massachusetts
- Peters Reservation , a former private estate, today the nature reserve at Dover in the state of Massachusetts (trails and undergrowth planting of Fletcher Steele)
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Fonts
- Design in the little garden , Boston, The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1924.
- The House beautiful gardening manual; a comprehensive guide, aesthetic and practical, for all garden lovers, both those who are still planning their gardens on paper and those who have had gardening experience, including plant lists compiled with the help of horticulturalists in all sections of the country, and an introductory chapter on garden design by Fletcher Steele , Boston, The Atlantic monthly press, 1926.
- Gardens and people , Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1964.
literature
- Robin S. Karson, Fletcher Steele, landscape architect: an account of the gardenmaker's life 1885–1971 , Timber Press, 1989, ISBN 0-8109-1523-5 .
Web links
- www.gardenvisit.com
- Miriam B. Specter: Guide to Fletcher Steele Papers Regarding Naumkeag, 1926-1959. (PDF) The Trustees of Reservations , December 2013, accessed on March 31, 2014 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fletcher Steele Papers (River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester)
- ^ National Register Information System . In: National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . Retrieved January 23, 2007.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steele, Fletcher |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Steele, John Fletcher (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American landscape architect and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rochester , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 16, 1971 |
| Place of death | Rochester , United States |