"Emil Noman, was an American artist known for his sculptors, mosaics, panels, and jewelry. Emile Norman was born in 1918 in San Gabriel, California, located in Los Angeles County. Raised on a walnut farm in the San Gabriel Valley, he exhibited artistic talent from an early age, carving his first sculpture from a riverside rock at the age of 11 which ruined his father's chisels but gained his father's respect."