Sophie Täuber
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Sophie Täuber-Arp (19 January 1889 - 13 January 1943) was a Swiss artist, painter, and sculptor.
Täuber studied applied art in Munich and Hamburg.
In 1915 she met Jean Arp and they later married.
Both were involved in the Zürich Dada movement. She designed puppets and sets for Cabaret Voltaire performances.
Täuber also taught at the Zürich School of Arts and Crafts from 1916 to 1929.
From the late 1920s, she lived in Paris and continued experimenting with design.
In the 1930s, she expressed Constructivist sympathies by joining Cercle et Carré and abstraction-création groups.
Täuber, Sonia Delaunay, and others created an art colony at Grasse in Switzerland. The colony was active from 1941 to 1943.
She is depicted on the 50 Swiss francs banknotes issued in 1995.
Reference
West, Shearer (1996). The Bullfinch Guide to Art. U.K.: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. ISBN 0-8212-2137-X.
Categories: 1889 births | 1943 deaths | Artists | Dada | Swiss people | Swiss sculptors | Swiss painters
