SOPHIE TAEUBER-ARP

SOPHIE TAEUBER-ARP

I’ve been looking at the strange, eclectic creations of Sophie Taeuber-Arp this morning. The New York Times says of her,

 

‘Making marionettes was just one aspect of Taeuber-Arp’s dazzling artistic range, which encompassed beaded bags, necklaces, cushion covers, rugs and stained glass, all in abstract, geometric designs. She made costumes with hats fashioned from paper doilies and designed furniture, interior décor, kitchens — even a meticulously planned broom cupboard. She danced, she taught, and she edited an art journal. Her precise, harmonious, playful paintings hung alongside works by Piet Mondrian and Wassily Kandinsky in a 1937 exhibition here in Basel.’

 

The dada poet Hugo Ball compared her to a lark, taking the sky with her as she darts joyfully upwards. And she was simply that, a woman unrestrained by the conventional notions of art, working at a furious pace, her life cut short at a very young age—a complete inspiration to us all here at The Vampire’s Wife. Love Susie x

SOPHIE TAEUBER-ARP