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1904 Los Angeles, California - 1988 New York City. Known for: Abstract sculpture, mod mediums.
Isamu Noguchi, born in Los Angeles to a Japanese father and American mother, created work that philosophically and materially bridged the Japanese and American cultures and also broadened the notion... Read full biography
Isamu Noguchi, born in Los Angeles to a Japanese father and American mother, created work that philosophically and materially bridged the Japanese and American cultures and also broadened the notion of American sculpture. With his large abstract pieces he combined mediums such as stone, wood, and... Read full biography
Isamu Noguchi, born in Los Angeles to a Japanese father and American mother, created work that philosophically and materially bridged the Japanese and American cultures and also broadened the notion of American sculpture. With his large abstract pieces he combined mediums such as stone, wood, and marble, included the use of water and light, and had opposing textures of rough and smooth. He also introduced themes of tension and gravity and through this and positioning, explored relationships... Read full biography
Isamu Noguchi, born in Los Angeles to a Japanese father and American mother, created work that philosophically and materially bridged the Japanese and American cultures and also broadened the notion of American sculpture. With his large abstract pieces he combined mediums such as stone, wood, and marble, included the use of water and light, and had opposing textures of rough and smooth. He also introduced themes of tension and gravity and through this and positioning, explored relationships between objects. "Noguchi shows how well he has absorbed the Japanese manner of placing objects so that they seem to emerge inevitably from the ground rather than to be located arbitrarily in space." (Baigell, 255). He experimented widely with new... Read full biography
Isamu Noguchi, born in Los Angeles to a Japanese father and American mother, created work that philosophically and materially bridged the Japanese and American cultures and also broadened the notion of American sculpture. With his large abstract pieces he combined mediums such as stone, wood, and marble, included the use of water and light, and had opposing textures of rough and smooth. He also introduced themes of tension and gravity and through this and positioning, explored relationships between objects. "Noguchi shows how well he has absorbed the Japanese manner of placing objects so that they seem to emerge inevitably from the ground rather than to be located arbitrarily in space." (Baigell, 255). He experimented widely with new materials, used aluminum extensively, and created the first illuminated sculptures, and in much of his work, the bases were an integral pa... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Direct Carver, Hand Carving
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Aluminum/Aluminium
- •Bronze
- •Charcoal
- •Clay, Earthenware Vessels
- •Colored Pencil
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Iron, Cast Iron
- •Marble
- •Metal, Metalwork, Metal Plates, Metal Point
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Plaster
- •Steel, Stainless Steel
- •Stone and/or Limestone
- •Terracotta, Terra Cotta
- •Wood for carving, sculpture, and/or surface
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Earthworks, Earth Art, Land Art
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •New York School/Abstract Expressionism
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
- •Environment
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Human Head Images, Portrait Heads, Faces
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Asia, Orient
- •California Before 1940
- •Japan
- •Long Island, New York
- •Mexico and/or Central America
- •Woodstock, New York
Art Association
- •National Sculpture Society
- •SculptureCenter
- •Woodstock Art Association, New York
Art Teacher
- •Gutzon Borglum
Art School
- •Academie de la Grand Chaumiere, Paris, Student
- •Academy Colarossi, Paris, Student
- •Columbia University Art Department, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Frank Logan Prize, Art Institute of Chicago
- •John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
- •Logan Medal of the Arts, Society of Western Art
- •National Medal of Arts
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Bakkom Photo Collection, St. Paul, Minnesota (2)
- •First National Bank of Chicago Collection
- •Karen and Robert Duncan Collection, Lincoln NE
- •Rockefeller Center, New York City
- •Storm King Art Center Sculpture Installation, New York
Added Description
- •Abstract Sculpture Specialty
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •In Japanese Internment Camp, USA World War II
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Japanese
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •National Sculpture Society-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts