He then became Wright's first apprentice, joining the Taliesin Fellowship in 1932, and remained extremely loyal to the Wright organization throughout his entire career.

In 1934 Mr. Kaufmann, then 24, put aside a career as a painter to become an apprentice at Wright's Taliesin Fellowship.

When he left Wright's Taliesin Fellowship in 1935, he joined the family business and eventually became merchandise manager for home furnishings.

He went on to become treasurer of the Taliesin Fellowship and honorary chairman of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.

Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship began to "trek" to Arizona each winter in 1933.

His first Taliesin Fellowship was in 1953.

Ray received a Taliesin Fellowship from Wright to study under him as an apprentice.

After this, Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship "migrated" between the two homes each year.

The Taliesin Fellowship Publication (Vol.

The Taliesin Fellowship, the band of apprentices Wright established in 1932, owed its smooth operation to her efforts.