Sculptor Louise Bourgeois was born on December 25, 1911, in Paris, France. She passed away on May 31, 2010. She studied mathematics at the Sorbonne, but after graduating, she studied art at the École du Louvre and other institutions. She married American art historian Robert Goldwater in 1938, and took this opportunity to move to the United States. She began her artistic career and exhibited works in collaboration with avant-garde artists Frank Klein and Willem de Kooning. Her first solo exhibition was in 1945, and she subsequently exhibited her work at the Peridot Gallery in New York, where she became known as an abstract sculptor. She briefly retreated from public view to focus on her own creative endeavors, but returned in 1964. Her sculptures, which utilize new materials such as blaster, bronze, and latex, have had a profound influence on young artists in particular.

She continued to produce representative works such as "The Destruction of the Father" in 1974 and "The Arch of Hysteria" in 1993. Her sculptures have also attracted attention as a feminist artist, and in 1993 she was selected to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale. In Japan, she is also known as the creator of "Maman," a giant spider-like public art installation installed at Roppongi Hills.

In recognition of these efforts, she was awarded the Praemium Imperiale in Sculpture in 1999. In addition, in 2014, Nina Ricci presented a collection incorporating elements of Louise's textile works under the theme "Make do and mend."