Elisabeth Tomalin

Elisabeth Tomalin (born November 4, 1912 in Dresden ; † March 8, 2012 in London ) was a German artist , textile designer and design therapist .

Life

Tomalin studied from 1932 to 1936 at the Reimann School in Berlin with Maria May , Erna Hitzberger , Georg Fischer, Kurt Rosenberg and Else Taterka, the subjects of textile design, shop window design and poster design. From 1934 to 1936 she was a freelancer in the textile workshops of the Reimann School. Because of her Jewish descent, she had to emigrate to England in 1936. In 1937 Tomalin became a teacher at the Reimann School and Studios in London and worked as a textile designer. Among other things, she designed printing fabrics for Marks & Spencer in the 1950s . Since 1972 she has also held regular seminars on the subject of creative therapy in Germany. Tomalin was a graduate group leader for topic-centered interaction , art and design therapist, orientation analyst and had completed basic training in analytical psychology . She brought Art Therapy from England to Germany and published numerous books on this subject, including the work: "Art Therapy - Design & Learning - Ways of Art & Design Therapy". She lived in London.

Publications

with Peter Schauwecker : Interactional art and creative therapy in the group (= amounts to art therapy. Vol. 4). Claus Richter, Cologne 1989, ISBN 3-924533-19-9 .

as editor with Klaus Lumma: Art Therapy. Design & Learn. Ways of Art & Design Therapy (= Humanistic Psychology. Vol. 22/23, 2, Transitional Yearbook). IHP book service, Eschweiler, 2001, ISBN 3-923636-31-8 .

with Renate Schumacher: sand game. Divesting - remembering - healing game . Claus Richter, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-924533-53-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Swantje Kuhfuss-Wickenheiser: The Reimann School in Berlin and London 1902–1943. A Jewish company for art and design education of international character up to the destruction by the Hitler regime. Shaker Media, Aachen 2009, ISBN 978-3-86858-475-2 , pp. 199, 574.

personal data
SURNAME	Tomalin, Elisabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German artist, textile designer and design therapist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 4, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dresden , Germany
DATE OF DEATH	March 8, 2012
Place of death	London , UK

[1] Swantje Kuhfuss-Wickenheiser: The Reimann School in Berlin and London 1902–1943. A Jewish company for art and design education of international character up to the destruction by the Hitler regime. Shaker Media, Aachen 2009, ISBN 978-3-86858-475-2 , pp. 199, 574.