The Progressive Pencil: George Elmslie's Prairie School Designs –– Minneapolis Institute of Art https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/the-progressive-pencil-george-elmslies-prairie-school-designs-2
May 26, 2013 – October 20, 2013 | Cargill Gallery 103 | Free Exhibition This exhibition commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the MIA’s crown jewel of Prairie School architecture, the Purcell-Cutts House, through a celebration of the design work of George Grant Elmslie (1869-1952). Having worked for Louis Sullivan (1856-1924) for nearly 20 years, Elmslie became well-versed in organic design principles, carrying them over to the Minneapolis firms of Purcell, Feick and Elmslie (1910-13) and Purcell and Elmslie (1913-21). His contributions to the integrated decorative schemes developed by the firms often included a combination of elements such as terra-cotta, stained glass, stenciling, furniture, murals, and sawed wood, to create a harmonic whole greater than the sum of its parts. Elmslie’s design drawings for the firm, rarely shown and minimally published, are delicate and beautiful studies
House and other notable Purcell and Elmslie projects such as the Merchants National Bank