Isamu Noguchi interviewed by Kazue Kobata. Part 2 of 13.
August 24 1986
Identifier
AV_CTE_004B_1986_02
Duration
28m 25.0s
Description
The Interlaken School - living in Rolling Prairie after the closure of the school. Dr. Edward A Rumely boarded Noguchi in La Porte, Indiana with a Swedenborgian minister - Dr. Samuel Mack - schooling and odd jobs. Dr. Rumely’s pro-German sympathies during World War I and subsequent imprisonment. Isolating experiences in America - trials and benefits. Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum - Noguchi’s view of community. Financial hardships of Leonie Gilmour. Yone Noguchi’s education at Keio University. The education philosophy of the Interlaken School. Ailes Gilmour - Leonie Gilmour’s independence - Japanese gardens - archery. Leonie Gilmour’s return to America - Noguchi moving to New York - Noguchi sent to Gutzom Borglum to be son’s tutor - bad experiences in Borglum’s studio. Dr. Rumely encouraged Noguchi to pursue medicine as a career - pre-medical at Columbia University - Dr. Hideo Noguchi. Swedenborgianism - The New Church - William Blake - Carl Jung’s influence on Expressionism.
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