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Althea McNish CM FSCD (15 May 1924 – 16 April 2020) was an artist from Trinidad who became the first Black British textile designer to earn an international reputation. [3] ...
Franziska Paula Konstante Rasmussen née Duden (1907–1994) was a German-born textile artist and painter who moved to Denmark in 1930. Initially influenced by the minimalist Bauhaus style, she soon developed her own distinctive Structuralist approach to weaving, becoming one of Denmark's most important contributors to tapestry.
Jacqueline Groag (née Hilde Pick; 6 April 1903 – 13 January 1986) was an influential textile designer in Great Britain in the period following World War II. She produced and designed fabrics for leading Parisian fashion houses including Chanel, Lanvin, House of Worth, Schiaparelli and Paul Poiret.
Inspired to Stitch: 21 textile artists. A & C Black. ISBN 9780713669862. Winner of Textile Book of the Year prize 2006 [citation needed] Springall, Diana (1969). Canvas Embroidery. B. T. Batsford. ISBN 9780713426021. "Ambassador of embroidery" by June Hill Embroidery May/June 2019; Hill, June (2011). Diana Springall: A Brave Eye. London: A&C Black.
Jan Hladík applied his original background in textile art in graduate serigraphs on textiles, designs for decorative fabrics and headscarfs with motifs of highly stylized figures, and especially on a large-scale abstract composition (15 × 3.5 m) for the Expo Montreal in 1967.
Her work is influenced by and has influenced fiber artists in the 1960s and 1970s, including Kay Sekimachi, Lenore Tawney, Magdalena Abakanowicz, and Sheila Hicks. [3] The resurgence of interest in fiber arts and macrame during the 2000s have inspired a new generation of knotters and creators, including Jim Olarte and Agnes Hansella.
Marx was a versatile artist whose work spanned industrial design and the visual arts. She valued craft and folk art, and derived inspiration for her work from her collections of vernacular artwork and everyday objects. Although she is best known for her textile and book design, she also designed wrapping paper, stamps, and Christmas cards. [4]
Cecelia Tapplette Pedescleaux, also known as Cely, (born August 6, 1945) is an African-American quilter of traditional and art quilts, [1] inspired by historians, other African-American quilters, and quilt designs used during the Underground Railroad to communicate messages to slaves seeking freedom. [1]