Isamu Noguchi

Isamu Noguchi

American sculptor, Isamu Noguchi, grew up in Japan (1906-1917) nd was first schooled in New York at the Leonardo de Vinci Art School in New York under Onorio Ruotolo in 1924. The most profound effect on his work came from studying with Constantin Brancusi while a Guggenheim Fellow in Paris in 1927. The immediate influence of Brancusi can be seen as early as one year following the fellowship in the piece Foot Tree. In 1938, Noguchi won the national competition to decorate the Associated Press Building in New York's Rockefeller center.