Ingrid Dessau, née ''Peterson'' (born 3 March 1923 in Svalöv, died 15 June 2000) was a Swedish textile artist.

Work

Ingrid Dessau was the daughter of the manager Victor Peterson and Anna-Stina Wallman. She was married 1949-1954 to the director Kaj Dessau (1897–1987), the founder of

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. She was the niece of Rudolf Petersson. She studied at Tekniska skolan in Stockholm and began her career at Kristianstads läns Hemslöjd, where her work involved documenting the county's textiles through watercolor paintings. She also designed patterns for rugs such as ryas. Her artistic breakthrough came in 1953 through a joint exhibition with Signe Persson-Melin at Galerie Moderne in Stockholm. This was followed by employment at the company Kasthall, where she became the head designer. She also created designs for Kinnasand in Kinna and Hitex. In 1991, she was commissioned by Klässbols linneväveri to design the

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and

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s for the Nobel dinner, which celebrated its 90th anniversary that year. In 2008, a retrospective exhibition was arranged as a collaboration between the Design Archive and the

Textile Museum of Borås The Textile Museum of Borås ( sv, Textilmuseet i Borås) is a museum of textile history in Borås, Sweden. History Historically a textile and fashion industry was centered at Borås and the area of Sjuhäradsbygden in southern Västergötland ...

called ''Till det enkla – Ingrid Dessau textildesigner.'' The design archive holds an extensive collection of both textiles and sketches from Ingrid Dessau's professional life. Dessau's works are also exhibited at the

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in Stockholm.

Prizes and awards

* 1948-49 – Swedish Crafts Association scholarship holder. For studies in America and Mexico. * 1955 –

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* 1965 – Statens Konstnärsstipendium (government artist scholarship) * 1990 –

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* 1998 – honorary professorship

References

Bibliography

* Nybro kommun, hemsid
Till det enkla – Ingrid Dessau textildesigner
senast läst 2014-10-08 * '' Svenskt konstnärslexikon'' del IV sid 412, Allhems Förlag, Malmö. LIBRIS-ID:8390296

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