Lili Blumenau

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Lili Blumenau
File:Photo of Lili Blumenau.jpg
Born (1912-11-28)November 28, 1912
Berlin, Germany
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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.

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) (de), the Académie scandinave (fr) 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

  1. Adams, Alice. "Lili Blumenau." Craft Horizons v.22, no. 2 (March 1962) p.16-20.
  2. Blumenau, Lili. "Experiments in Sample Weaving." Craft Horizons v.17, no. 2 ( March 1957) p. 18-22.
  3. "Lili Blumenau, 1912-1976." Craft Horizons v.37, no.1 (February 1977) p. 10.
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