in 1920, on a grant, noack went to paris which at the time was the focus of the most significant trends in sculpture. she met adam fischer who played an important part in her development and in conveying french ideas to scandinavia. she also befriended lena börjeson who had founded the académie scandinave free school of sculpture which arranged exhibitions and informal instruction. she studied french gothic sculpture with the french sculptor jean osouf until in 1926 she became a pupil of fischer and of the french sculptors charles despiau and paul cornet who helped her to develop her own style. she was the only women to benefit from the french approach to classical modernism.