Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988), born in Los Angeles to Japanese poet Yone Noguchi and American writer Leonie Gilmour, studied at Columbia University and the Leonardo da Vinci Art School. He established his own studio and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1927. Noguchi worked as an assistant to Constantin Brancusi in Paris and held his first solo exhibition in New York. After studying brush drawing in China, he traveled to Japan to work with potter Jinmatsu Uno.

Noguchi’s work reflects his diverse cultural experiences and spans sculpture, stage design, furniture, lighting, interior design, and landscaping. Known for his organic forms, his style deeply influenced 1950s design.