Lili Blumenau
| Lili Blumenau | |
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| File:Photo of Lili Blumenau.jpg | |
| Born | November 28, 1912 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Bronx New York |
| Known for | Textile art |
Lili Blumenau (1912–1976) was an American fiber artist. She was a pivotal figure in the development of fiber arts and textile arts, particularly weaving, in the United States during the mid-part of the 20th century.
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Early life and education
Blumenau was born on November 28, 1912 in Berlin, Germany.[1] Blumenau is a graduate of the Akademie der Künste (Berlin), the Académie scandinave in Paris, and was the first woman to graduate from the New York School of Textile Technology.[2] She also studied at Black Mountain College.[3]
Work and career
After her education, Blumenau went on to become an instructor in several schools in New York City including Columbia University's Teacher's College, where she started a weaving workshop. She founded the weaving department at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Design in 1952.[2] In addition to maintaining her own weaving studio on Tenth Street in Manhattan, she served as the curator of textiles at Cooper Union Museum from 1944 to 1950.[2]
In 1955 Blumenau authored the text The Art and Craft of Hand Weaving, Including Fabric Design,[4] which had a significant impact on her field. This text provided technical details and patterns for loom weaving as well as a conceptual approach to the methodologies of hand weaving as "engaging, fully-human, and life-giving".[2] Her work provided inspiration to the Catholic Worker Movement, a collection of autonomous communities of Catholics to whom she taught weaving to several members at the Peter Maurin Farm.[5] In 1975 Blumenau was awarded Fellow of the Council by the American Craft Council.[6] Blumenau died on September 6, 1976 in the Bronx.[1]
Collections
Lili Blumenau's works are in the permanent collection at the Cooper Hewitt Museum[7] and the Museum of Arts and Design.[8]
References
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Additional sources
- Adams, Alice. "Lili Blumenau." Craft Horizons v.22, no. 2 (March 1962) p.16-20.
- Blumenau, Lili. "Experiments in Sample Weaving." Craft Horizons v.17, no. 2 ( March 1957) p. 18-22.
- "Lili Blumenau, 1912-1976." Craft Horizons v.37, no.1 (February 1977) p. 10.
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