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1905 Spokane, Washington - 1990. Known for: Architecture, furniture design, sculpture.
George Nakashima was born in Spokane, Washington in 1905. During his youth, Nakashima spent time in the great forests of the Northwest and eventually went on to study forestry at the University of... Read full biography
George Nakashima was born in Spokane, Washington in 1905. During his youth, Nakashima spent time in the great forests of the Northwest and eventually went on to study forestry at the University of Washington before changing his course of study to architecture after two years. (1) . He received his... Read full biography
George Nakashima was born in Spokane, Washington in 1905. During his youth, Nakashima spent time in the great forests of the Northwest and eventually went on to study forestry at the University of Washington before changing his course of study to architecture after two years. (1) . He received his master's in architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1930. After working as a mural painter on Long Island and in Albany, Nakashima went abroad to Paris. (2) He then went to... Read full biography
George Nakashima was born in Spokane, Washington in 1905. During his youth, Nakashima spent time in the great forests of the Northwest and eventually went on to study forestry at the University of Washington before changing his course of study to architecture after two years. (1) . He received his master's in architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1930. After working as a mural painter on Long Island and in Albany, Nakashima went abroad to Paris. (2) He then went to Japan to visit his mother's ancestral home in Kamata, and took a job in Tokyo working with architect Antonin Raymond. They worked together on the construction of a dormitory, and its custom-built furniture, at the Sri Aurobindo ashram in Pondicherry,... Read full biography
George Nakashima was born in Spokane, Washington in 1905. During his youth, Nakashima spent time in the great forests of the Northwest and eventually went on to study forestry at the University of Washington before changing his course of study to architecture after two years. (1) . He received his master's in architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1930. After working as a mural painter on Long Island and in Albany, Nakashima went abroad to Paris. (2) He then went to Japan to visit his mother's ancestral home in Kamata, and took a job in Tokyo working with architect Antonin Raymond. They worked together on the construction of a dormitory, and its custom-built furniture, at the Sri Aurobindo ashram in Pondicherry, India. (3) It was Nakashima's first foray into furniture making. In 1939, Nakashima left India and returned to... Read full biography
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Keywords (16)
Art Method
- •Art Design
- •Craftsperson, Handicrafts
- •Furniture and/or Cabinet Design and Making
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •India and/or Burma
- •Japan
- •New Hope, Pennslvania/Lambertville New Jersey
Art School
- •Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Architectural Design, Drawing, Forms, Decoration
- •In Japanese Internment Camp, USA World War II
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Japanese