Notable Works BEYOND THE LOOP
by RICHARD WALTER BOCK

Notable Works IN CHICAGO
by RICHARD WALTER BOCK

Biography

RICHARD WALTER BOCK

BORN. July 16, 1865 in Schloppe, Germany

DIED. June 29, 1949 in North Hollywood, Ca.

EDUCATION. Ecole des Beaux Arts

SPOUSE. Martha Higgins Methven

 

Unity Temple
Oak Park

Hippach Chapel
Villa Park

Frank Lloyd Wright Home Oak Park

 

Dana House
Springfield

Arts Letters and Science Indianapolis, In

++ RICHARD W. BOCK was born in Shloppen, West Prussia on July 16, 1865. At the age of 4, he emigrated to Chicago. Bock studied at the Mechanic's Institute of Chicago and privately with Frederick Almenraeder. Both, later, worked at North Western Terra Cotta. By 1885 he was with Herter Brothers in New York. Bock studied in Berlin at Kaiserliche, Konigliche Kunstgewerbe Museum, where he formed a lasting friendship with Karl Bitter. He continued to Paris 1890 where he studied in Falguire's Studio at the Ecole des Arts. Classmates included Bella Pratt, Hermon MacNeil, and John Flanagan. His career included work with Solon Beman at the Columbian Exposition; with Louis Sullivan at the Auditorium Theater and the Schiller Building; with Dwight Perkins at the Omaha Exposition and with Frank Lloyd Wright at Midway Gardens. He died on June 29, 1949 ++