Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957

Dates:
Birth 1872-01-20
Death 1957-02-02
Americans

Biographical notes:

Born in San Francisco, Julia Morgan (1872-1957) grew up in Oakland in a spacious Victorian house. Gifted in mathematics and encouraged in her studies by her mother, Morgan was influenced to become an architect by her mother's cousin, Pierre Le Brun, who designed an early skyscraper, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Tower in Manhattan. In 1890, she enrolled in the undergraduate civil engineering program at the University of California at Berkeley, in part because there were no architectural schools on the West coast at that time. After graduation, Berkeley instructor and architect Bernard Maybeck recommended further study at his alma mater, L'École des Beaux-Arts, where the curriculum was renowned for the scope and majesty of its assignments: apartment suites in palaces, art galleries, opera houses, and other opulent environments fit for lavish, if imaginary, clients. Once in Paris, Morgan failed the entrance exam twice. Morgan then learned that the faculty had failed her deliberately to discourage her admission. Eventually the faculty relented and Morgan went on to win medals for her work in mathematics, architecture, and design. She traveled throughout Europe in her free time, filling sketchbook after sketchbook with accomplished watercolors, pastels, and line drawings. In 1902, Morgan was certified by the Beaux-Arts in architecture.

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Subjects:

  • Architecture, Domestic
  • Architecture, Domestic
  • Architecture, Domestic
  • Publishers and publishing
  • Architects
  • Architects
  • Architects
  • Architects
  • Architects
  • Architecture
  • Architecture
  • Architecture, Modern
  • Arts and crafts movement
  • Arts and crafts movement
  • Asilomar Conference Grounds (Pacific Grove, Calif.)
  • Berkeley (Calif.)
  • Buildings
  • Collectors and collecting
  • Collectors and collecting
  • École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts
  • Hearst Castle (Calif.)
  • Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, 1842-1919
  • Hearst
  • Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951
  • Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951
  • Honolulu (Hawaii)
  • Jolon (Calif.)
  • Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957
  • Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957
  • Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957
  • Oakland (Calif.)
  • Pacific Grove (Calif.)
  • Panama
  • Piedmont (Calif.)
  • Regionalism in architecture
  • Regionalism in architecture
  • San Francisco (Calif.)
  • San Luis Obispo (Calif.)
  • San Simeon (Calif.)
  • San Simeon Ranch (Calif.)
  • Steilberg, Walter T., 1886-1974
  • Women architects
  • Wyntoon (Calif. : Estate)
  • Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A.
  • Young Women's Christian associations
  • Young Women's Christian associations
  • Architecture, Domestic
  • Architecture, Domestic
  • Architects
  • Architects
  • Architects
  • Architects
  • Architecture
  • Arts and crafts movement
  • Collectors and collecting
  • Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951
  • Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957
  • Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957
  • Regionalism in architecture
  • Young Women's Christian associations

Occupations:

  • Architects

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  • CA, US
  • CA, US
  • San Francisco (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Berkeley (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • California--San Simeon (as recorded)
  • Pacific Grove (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--Piedmont (as recorded)
  • San Luis Obispo (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Hearst-San Simeon State Historical Monument (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Oakland (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Piedmont (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Jolon (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Pacific Grove (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Asilomar Conference Grounds (Pacific Grove, Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Hearst-San Simeon State Historical Monument (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Wyntoon (Calif. : Estate) (as recorded)
  • Piedmont (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • San Simeon (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Paris (France) (as recorded)
  • California--San Simeon (as recorded)
  • Berkeley (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--Berkeley (as recorded)
  • San Simeon (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • McCloud (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--San Francisco Bay Area (as recorded)
  • California (as recorded)
  • California--San Francisco Bay Area (as recorded)
  • Asilomar Conference Grounds (Pacific Grove, Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--San Francisco Bay Area (as recorded)
  • Honolulu (Hawaii) (as recorded)
  • California--San Simeon (as recorded)
  • Berkeley (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Piedmont (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Oakland (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • San Francisco Bay Area (as recorded)
  • Honolulu (Hawaii) (as recorded)
  • California (as recorded)
  • San Francisco (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Oakland (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--Oakland (as recorded)
  • Alameda (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • San Simeon (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • San Simeon Ranch (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Wyntoon (Calif. : Estate) (as recorded)
  • Hearst-San Simeon State Historical Monument (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • San Francisco (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Jolon (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Honolulu (Hawaii) (as recorded)
  • California (as recorded)
  • San Francisco Bay Area (as recorded)
  • Pacific Grove (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Oakland (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • San Simeon Ranch (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Piedmont (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California (as recorded)
  • Berkeley (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--San Francisco Bay Area (as recorded)
  • California (as recorded)
  • California (as recorded)

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