Ralph Jester (July 10, 1901 – September 25, 1991) was an American costume designer, sculptor, and artist.
[2] After graduating from Yale and studying at the American Academy in Fontainebleau, France, Jester moved to Hollywood.
By 1931, he was working as an art director and costume designer for Cecil B. DeMille and Paramount Pictures.
Earlier, in 1938, Frank Lloyd Wright had designed a circular home for Jester in Santa Clara, California.
[4] Jester later employed Lloyd Wright, Jr. to design a modernist house for him in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.