Harry Bertoia

Harry Bertoia was a sculptor, printmaker, and jewelry and furniture designer best known for his monumental architectural sculptures and classic Bertoia Diamond chair. He attended the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and taught painting and metalworking there from 1937 to 1943. In 1943 he moved to California ito work with designers Charles and Ray Eames. He moved on to join Knoll Associates in New York City in 1950. The success of his furniture designs enabled him to shift later in his career to sculpture and jewelry. He is particularly noted for “sonambient” or sound sculptures that played sounds when activated by the wind or by hand.