Marianne Straub
Marianne Straub (born September 23, 1909 in Amriswil ; † November 8, 1994 in Berlingen ) was a Swiss textile designer .
life and work
Marianne Straub was the second oldest of four daughters of the textile merchant Carl Straub (1871–1927) and his wife Cécile, née Kappeler (1881–1973). She contracted tuberculosis as a child and spent four years in a sick bay before returning home at the age of eight.
Straub left at the School of Applied Arts Zurich in by Sophie Taeuber-Arp led textile class of the Bauhaus Heinz Otto Hürlimann in weaving taught. Since the silk weaving school in Zurich refused to accept her, Straub moved to the city of Bradford in England in 1932 in order to expand her technical knowledge of machine weaving at the “Technical College Bradford”.
Dust then worked in the famous Gospels hand-weaving mill of Ethel Mairet (1872–1952) and as a consultant designer for the “Rural Industries Bureau” in order to give the Welsh weaving industry a new boost. In doing so, she acquired the necessary knowledge of industrial mass production.
In 1937, she joined the wool-producing company "Helios" as chief designer and developed clothing, furniture and curtain fabrics; In 1947 she became its managing director.
From 1950 to 1970 Straub worked for the company "Warner & Sons" in Braintree . One of her most famous early designs for Warner was Surrey, a textile that was introduced at the 1951 Festival of England and used in the Regatta Restaurant. In addition, Straub was commissioned by the textile designer Isabel Tisdall (1911–2007) to create designs for her newly founded company “Tamesa Fabrics”. These were then made by Warner.
Straub was one of the leading textile and industrial designers in England from the 1940s to 1960s. Their blue and green design (known as Straub fabrics) was used on all buses, subways and railroad trains that entered service in London from 1969 to 1978 , particularly trains traveling along the Piccadilly line to Heathrow Airport , which opened in 1977 wrong. Straub was able to deliver the curtains for the private apartments of Queen Elisabeth II .
In 1953 Straub moved to the artist village of Great Bardfield, northwest of Essex, and was an important member of the local art scene. Her neighbors included a. the artists Eric Ravilious , John Aldridge Edward (1905–1983), Edward Bawden (1903–1989) and Audrey Cruddas (1912–1979). During the summer months of 1954, 1955 and 1958 they exhibited their works together in the so-called open house exhibitions in their own houses. The exhibitions each attracted thousands of visitors.
From 1956, Straub taught at the Central School of Art in London, the Hornsey College of Art, the Royal College of Art and at the Polytechnic in Liverpool . After retiring in 1970, Straub moved to Cambridge . In 1992 Straub returned to Switzerland where she died on November 8, 1994 in Berlingen.
Awards
Dust received the title of Royal Designer for Industry from the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in 1972 . For her services, Staub was awarded the Order of the British Empire by the Queen in 1984 . In 1993 she received the Sir Misha Black Medal. Further honors and various honorary doctorates followed .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Thurgauer Jahrbuch: Nekrolog für Marianne Straub. Retrieved April 11, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Straub, Marianne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss textile designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amriswil |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 8, 1994 |
| Place of death | Berlingen TG |