Marya Dera Gazi Khan Lilien

General Information

Occupation: Architect, Artist

Date of Birth: January 01, 1900

Date of Death: January 12, 1998

Birth Country: Poland

Resident City: Chicago

Resident Country: United States

Notes: During World War II Lilien was the first woman to receive an architectural degree in Poland and was a Charter Apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin

Sources: "MARYA LILIEN, 1900-1998." Artnet News. 30 Jan. 1998. Artnet. 22 May 2008 http://www.artnet.com/magazine_pre2000/news/artnetnews/artnetnews1-30-98.asp

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Jobs

Employer: School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Title: Architect/ Artist

City: Chicago

Country: United States

Notes: Teacher of Wallace Cunninham, architect

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Apprenticeships

Institution: Frank Lloyd Wright

City: Taliesin

Country: United Kingdom

Start Date: January 01, 1936

Notes: Apprentice

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Education

Notes: the first female fellow at Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's enclave in Wisconsin.

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Publications About

Title: Marya Lilien: Portrait of an educator

Author: Ruth Eckdish Knack

Publication: Inland architect

Volume: 31

Issue: 5

Page: 26,85-88

Date Published: January 01, 1987

Notes: Sept-Oct 1987

Title: Celebrating art in life and life in art : four architects' own designs for living

Author: William Marlin

Publication: Inland architect

Volume: 14

Issue: 8

Page: 8-19

Date Published: January 01, 1970

Notes: December 1970. Apartments of Neil P. Frankel, Marya Lilien, Walter A. Netsch Jr. and Ralph P. Youngren.