Textile Design
1965 (designed)
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This design for a square printed dress fabric, probably a scarf, is by Czech-born Jacqueline Groag (1903-1985) and was created in the mid-1960s.
Some years earlier in Vienna, Groag had studied under and was highly influenced by Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956), an Austrian architect and designer. He was a founder of the Vienna Secession, a group of artists who rejected the academic art establishment in Austria in 1897. This is a famous example of a European phenomenon of the late 19th and early 20th century, when progressive artists decided to 'secede' or withdraw from the status quo and form their own artistic movements. Groag's grounding in Secessionist style would have introduced her to the kind of geometric abstraction found in this design.
After a successful career on the European mainland, the designer and her architect/designer husband, Jacques Groag (1892-1962), moved to London in 1939 where they settled. In the post-war period, Jacqueline produced a prolific body of work to which this design belongs. Her impact on 20th century British design was honoured when she became a Fellow of the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry in 1964.
Some years earlier in Vienna, Groag had studied under and was highly influenced by Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956), an Austrian architect and designer. He was a founder of the Vienna Secession, a group of artists who rejected the academic art establishment in Austria in 1897. This is a famous example of a European phenomenon of the late 19th and early 20th century, when progressive artists decided to 'secede' or withdraw from the status quo and form their own artistic movements. Groag's grounding in Secessionist style would have introduced her to the kind of geometric abstraction found in this design.
After a successful career on the European mainland, the designer and her architect/designer husband, Jacques Groag (1892-1962), moved to London in 1939 where they settled. In the post-war period, Jacqueline produced a prolific body of work to which this design belongs. Her impact on 20th century British design was honoured when she became a Fellow of the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry in 1964.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | dyeline print overpainted with bodycolour on laid paper |
| Brief description | Jacqueline Groag. Design for a dress fabric or scarf. Abstract geometric design. British, 1965. |
| Physical description | Square piece of laid paper stuck onto card depicting a an abstract geometric design with large curved sections coloured with black and white paint |
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| Marks and inscriptions | signed in wax crayon on a strip of acetate attached to the design 'jacqueline' |
| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Summary | This design for a square printed dress fabric, probably a scarf, is by Czech-born Jacqueline Groag (1903-1985) and was created in the mid-1960s. Some years earlier in Vienna, Groag had studied under and was highly influenced by Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956), an Austrian architect and designer. He was a founder of the Vienna Secession, a group of artists who rejected the academic art establishment in Austria in 1897. This is a famous example of a European phenomenon of the late 19th and early 20th century, when progressive artists decided to 'secede' or withdraw from the status quo and form their own artistic movements. Groag's grounding in Secessionist style would have introduced her to the kind of geometric abstraction found in this design. After a successful career on the European mainland, the designer and her architect/designer husband, Jacques Groag (1892-1962), moved to London in 1939 where they settled. In the post-war period, Jacqueline produced a prolific body of work to which this design belongs. Her impact on 20th century British design was honoured when she became a Fellow of the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry in 1964. |
| Bibliographic reference | John Murdoch and Susan Lambert, Summary Catalogue of Textile Designs 1840-1985 in the V. & A. Museum and colour microfiche, Surrey: Emmett Microform, 1986 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.645-1984 |
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| Record created | April 6, 2009 |
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