Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts / United Kingdom. 1931 - 1987
Mixed-metal modernist sculpture, furniture design
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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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Slide 1 of 3: An Important Coffee Table
An Important Coffee Table
George NakashimaAn Important Coffee Table
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Fine Single-Board "Conoid" Dining Table and Set of Six Single-Board "Conoid" Dining Chairs
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Exceptional "Minguren I" Coffee Table
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Italy. 1891 - 1979
Architecture, furniture design, sculpture, ceramics
New York, Kansas. 1932 - 2018
Sculpture, modernist furniture design
New York. Born 1944
Abstract metalwork sculpture
Wisconsin, Arizona. 1869 - 1959
Architect, abstract drawing
Pennsylvania. 1887 - 1970
Furniture design, mod sculpture, woodblock printing
New York, Illinois. 1907 - 1995
Furniture design, teaching
Massachusetts. Born 1944
Sculpture as furniture, abstract, whimsical birds and animals, drawings
Italy, Austria. 1917 - 2007
Avant-garde furniture design, ceramics, jewelry, handcrafted glass
California. 1916 - 2009
Craftsman, furniture designs
New York, Wisconsin. 1858 - 1942
Furniture design and making-arts and crafts movement
Ohio, Pennsylvania. 1907 - 1994
Ceramic vessels, design
New York / Greece, England. 1905 - 1976
Furniture and interior design, draftsman, writing
Denmark. 1918 - 1989
Furniture design, architecture
California, Oregon. 1908 - 1997
Sculptor-abstract, mod figure
France. 1901 - 1984
Art deco furniture design, metal sculpture, architectural design
New York, California / Japan. 1904 - 1988
Abstract sculpture, mod mediums
Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Hawaii / Japan. 1922 - 2011
Sculpture, earthenware, ceramic vessels-"moon pots"
Denmark. 1914 - 2007
Organic, functional furniture design, chair specialty
California. 1924 - 2002
Sculptor-ceramic, abstraction
New York. 1927 - 2016
Leading edge furniture design, biomorphic, serpentine shapes
France. 1903 - 1999
Modernist furniture design, collaborative design with Le Corbusier, architecture
Michigan, California, Pennsylvania / Italy. 1915 - 1978
Sculpture-kinetic, abstract monoprint, painting, design
Sculpture, painting
Austria, England. 1902 - 1995
Studio pottery, vessels, domestic ware
England, Germany. 1920 - 1981
Abstract functional ceramics, studio pottery, teaching
Italy. 1889 - 1974
Sculpture
Switzerland, India. 1896 - 1967
Sculpture, architecture
Japan. 1934 - 1991
Modernist, whimsical design furniture, fashion design boutiques
California. 1893 - 1998
Ceramic vessels, collage
Georgia, Ohio. 1916 - 2003
Sculptor-turned wood vessels
California / China. 1910 - 2008
Collaborative sculpture, Artisan House-even signed pieces are studio works