Marli Ehrman
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Marli Ehrman née Marie Helene Heimann (1904–1982) was a German-American textile artist, designer and educator. She studied weaving at the Bauhaus, graduating in 1927. While working as a handicrafts teacher at a Berlin school for Jewish children, she married the history teacher Eliezer Ehrman. After the couple emigrated to the United States she taught weaving at the School of Design in Chicago, gaining recognition when she won first prize for her furniture fabrics from New York's Museum of Modern Art. She went on to create weaving designs for industry and managed interior design work on a variety of buildings including the Oak Park Public Library.[1][2][3]
Early life and education
Born on 17 December 1904 in Berlin, Marie Helene (Marli) Heimann was the daughter of Hans Heimann (1864–1942) and his wife Dora Lucie née Fliess (1880–1942). Brought up in a Jewish family, she was the younger sister of the art historian Adelheid (Heidi) Heimann (1903–93).[4] After attending the Westend-Schule (1912–21), she studied at the Bauhaus in Weimar, specializing in textile art at the weaving workshop in Dessau under Gunta Stölzl and graduating in 1927. She went on to study at the University of Jena and obtained a teaching diploma in Hamburg.[1]
Career
After employment in the experimental department of the Bauhaus weaving workshop (1932–33), she taught at the state education centre in Selent and at the Herzl School in Berlin.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Rohrschneider, Christine (2009). "Ehrman, Marli" (in German). De Gruyter. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ Cotter, Joan; Cotter, Barry (6 January 2020). "Traditions: Marli Ehrman". Handwoven. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Marli Ehrman". MoMA. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Dora Lucie Fliess". Wikidata. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
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