Knowra Sophie Taeuber-Arp Sophie Taeuber-Arp Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889–1943) was a Swiss artist and designer whose work joined geometric abstraction with textiles, painting, sculpture, architecture, and dance. She was also a key participant in Zürich Dada.
Dada : An international avant-garde movement that challenged artistic conventions through absurdity, chance, performance, and collage. Taeuber-Arp joined Zürich Dada, bringing abstraction, performance, and craft into its experiments.
Vertical-horizontal composition : An arrangement organized around intersecting vertical and horizontal lines or shapes. This structural pattern recurs in her paintings, textile designs, and architectural interiors.
Dada Head : A painted, turned-wood sculpture by Sophie Taeuber-Arp, made around 1920. Its simplified face applies geometric abstraction to a functional-looking sculptural object.
Hans Arp : A German-French poet and visual artist associated with Dada and modernist abstraction. Her husband and collaborator, he worked with her on exhibitions and the Aubette interiors.
Art deco : A decorative modern style known for streamlined forms, geometric ornament, and rich materials. Her abstract designs crossed decorative and fine-art contexts without simply adopting Art Deco’s ornamental style.
Constructivism : An art movement that treated geometric form and material construction as tools for shaping modern life. Its constructive geometry helps explain the order and clarity of her abstract compositions.
Embroidery : The craft of decorating fabric with stitches made by hand or machine. Stitching gave her geometric designs a tactile, labor-intensive form.
King Stag : A 1918 Dada play by Carlo Gozzi, staged in Zürich with marionettes designed by Sophie Taeuber-Arp. The production brought her puppet designs, stage work, and Dada performance together.
Theo van Doesburg : A Dutch artist and theorist who founded the De Stijl movement. He collaborated with Taeuber-Arp and Hans Arp on the Aubette’s modernist interiors.
De Stijl : A Dutch modernist movement that pursued geometric abstraction and visual order. Her collaboration on the Aubette connects her practice with De Stijl’s architectural ambitions.
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