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New book, Lionel H. Pries, Architect, Artist, Educator offers compelling look at life of UW teacher, fired for being Gay |
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by Jeffrey Karl Ochsner -
Special to the SGN [On Sunday, January 27, at 2 p.m. at the downtown Seattle Public Library, 1000 4th Ave. in the Microsoft Auditorium, UW architecture professor and author, Jeffery Karl Ochsner speaks about the legacy of this Northwest master, whose life and work are celebrated in his new book, Lionel H. Pries, Architect, Artist, Educator: From Arts and Crafts to Modern Architecture. The event is free on a first-come, first serve basis. Limited parking in the Central Library garage will be available for a special $5 event rate. The event is co-sponsored by University of Washington Press, Seattle Public Library, Elliott Bay Books, and Seattle Architecture Foundation.] On the evening of May 16, 1958, architecture alumni of the University of Washington converged on a Seattle banquet celebrating the new College of Architecture and Urban Planning. When the dean introduced faculty member Lionel "Spike" Pries, one alumnus recalled, "there was a special charge in the air&Everyone rose and cheered and clapped; it appeared to go on forever." But within six months, Lionel Pries was abruptly and mysteriously gone from the university. The official explanation was illness; friends "sensed a large injustice," though only a few knew the dismissal was based on Pries' sexual orientation. With Lionel H. Pries, Architect, Artist, Educator, Jeffrey Karl Ochsner redresses that injustice. Pries (1897-1968) was one of the most influential teachers of architecture and design at the University of Washington. Many prominent twentieth-century architects were trained by Pries, whose highly artistic style of design helped shape the development of American Modernism in architecture. Ochsner shows how Pries absorbed and synthesized influences and movements in design - California Arts & Crafts and Spanish Colonial Revival, the Ecole des Beaux-Arts tradition, Art Deco, Mexican and Japanese motifs, and various strains of the Modern movement. Ochsner paints a vivid portrait of Pries as a teacher: an unapologetic elitist who challenged weak students by openly favoring stronger ones; a classroom autocrat who would fling one student's radio out a second-story window but offer rent-free lodging to another in need. This is a nuanced character study that offers a clear but sympathetic view of a major talent who often clashed with his colleagues in his passionate personal vision. This comprehensive, lavishly illustrated work will appeal not only to architects and architectural historians, but also to those interested in American studies, the decorative arts, and Northwest history and culture. Its depth of research broadens our understanding of twentieth-century Modernism and of the history of architectural education. Jeffrey Karl Ochsner is professor of architecture at the University of Washington. He is coauthor of the critically acclaimed Distant Corner: Seattle Architects and the Legacy of H.H. Richardson and the editor of Shaping Seattle Architecture: A Historical Guide to Architects. |
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