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Sophie Henriette Gertrud Taeuber-Arp (/ ˈ t ɔɪ b ər ˈ ɑːr p /; 19 January 1889 – 13 January 1943) was a Swiss artist, painter, sculptor, textile designer, furniture and interior designer, architect, and dancer.
Nov 21, 2021 · Sophie Taeuber-Arp and Blanche Gauchat, “Guidelines for Drawing Instruction in the Textile Professions” (1927), in Sophie Taeuber-Arp: Avant-Garde Pathways, ed. Estrella de Diego (Málaga, Spain: Museo Picasso, 2009), 167–68.
This website brings together in one place a comprehensive digital compilation of information and current research findings on the life and complete works of the Swiss artist Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889–1943), making them available to experts and interested members of the public.
Dec 2, 2021 · They include vividly colored, geometrically abstract textile studies; intricately beaded bags and necklaces; rugs and embroidered pillowcases and tablecloths; polychrome, turned-wood puppets and containers; and a remarkable group of small, stylized, sculptural heads that have been compared to hatstands. [2]
Taeuber was also a dancer, performing regularly at the Dada hub Cabaret Voltaire in costumes designed by her husband, Jean Arp. Her ecstatic motions were once described by fellow Dada...
May 9, 2024 · Sophie Taeuber-Arp (born January 19, 1889, Davos, Switzerland—died January 13, 1943, Zürich) was a Swiss French Dada artist, textile designer, and modern dancer whose multimedia works bridged the gap between fine and applied arts.
Oct 17, 2021 · Sophie Taeuber-Arp was one of the foremost abstract artists and designers of the 1920s and 30s. Her multidisciplinary work has enduring influence, inspiring innovative artists and designers around the world. Taeuber-Arp’s creative output was extraordinarily diverse and at times controversial.
Nov 21, 2021 · Sophie Taeuber-Arp: Living Abstraction is the first exhibition in the United States in nearly 40 years to chart the full sweep of the artist’s multifaceted career. It features some 300 works, including textiles, applied arts objects, marionettes, interior and architectural designs, furniture, paintings and relief sculptures, works on paper ...
Nov 26, 2021 · Sophie Taeuber-Arp poses behind her “Dada Head” (1919), a rounded spheroid of painted wood with a protruding nose. Her Dada Heads evoked popular objects like hatstands while pointing to Dada...
May 11, 2021 · Sophie Taeuber-Arp blurred the boundaries between fine art and applied art, but died early without the recognition she deserved. A major new exhibition aims to fix that.
