Ingrid Dessau

Swedish textile artist

Ingrid Dessau

Born| 3 March 1923

Svalöv

Died| 15 June 2000
Nationality| Swedish[1]
Occupation| Textile artist

Ingrid Dessau (née Peterson; 3 March 1923 in Svalöv[2] – 15 June 2000[3]) was a Swedish textile artist.

## Work

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Ingrid Dessau was the daughter of the manager Victor Peterson and Anna-Stina Wallman. She was married from 1949-1954 to the director Kaj Dessau (1897–1987),[4] the founder of Illums Bolighus. She was the niece of Rudolf Petersson. She studied at Tekniska skolan in Stockholm[5] and began her career at Kristianstads läns Hemslöjd, where her work involved documenting the county's textiles through watercolor paintings. She also designed patterns for rugs such as ryas.[6]

Her artistic breakthrough came in 1953 through a joint exhibition with Signe Persson-Melin at Galerie Moderne in Stockholm.[6] This was followed by employment at the company Kasthall, where she became the head designer. She also created designs for Kinnasand in Kinna and Hitex. In 1991, she was commissioned by Klässbols linneväveri to design the tablecloth and napkins for the Nobel Dinner, which celebrated its 90th anniversary that year.[7]

In 2008, a retrospective exhibition was arranged as a collaboration between the Design Archive and the Textile Museum of Borås called Till det enkla – Ingrid Dessau textildesigner.[8] The design archive holds an extensive collection of both textiles and sketches from Ingrid Dessau's professional life. Dessau's works are also exhibited at the Nationalmuseum[9] in Stockholm.

## Prizes and awards

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* 1948-49 – Swedish Crafts Association scholarship holder. For studies in America and Mexico.[4]
* 1955 – Lunning Prize[10]
* 1965 – Statens Konstnärsstipendium (government artist scholarship)
* 1990 – Prince Eugen Medal[11]
* 1998 – honorary professorship[12]

## References

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1. ^ "Dessau, Ingrid (1923 - 2000) [sv] \- KulturNav". kulturnav.org. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
2. ^ Öhrström, Kerstin (1988). Vem är hon: kvinnor i Sverige: biografisk uppslagsbok. Norstedts. ISBN 91-1-863422-2.
3. ^ "Gravar.se".
4. ^ a b "Ingrid Dessau | Designarkivet" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-07-16.
5. ^ "Formgivare Ingrid Dessau". Klässbols Linneväveri (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-07-16.
6. ^ a b "1900-talets formgivare" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2014.
7. ^ Nobel canvas on Klässbols linneväveris website. Accessed February 27, 2020.
8. ^ "Utställning om Ingrid Dessau". Archived from the original on 14 October 2014.
9. ^ "Nationalmuseum - namn som ogift: Ingrid Peterson Ingrid Dessau". Nationalmuseum. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
10. ^ The Lunning prize: Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 1986. Nationalmusei utställningskatalog, 0585-3222; 489. Stockholm: Nationalmuseum. 1986. pp. 66–68\. ISBN 91-7100-297-9.
11. ^ "Medaljförläningar – Prins Eugen-medaljen" (in Swedish). Sveriges Kungahus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
12. ^ Regeringens belöningsmedaljer och regeringens utmärkelse Professors namn. SB PM, 99-0433409-9; 2006:1. Stockholm: Statsrådsberedningen, Regeringskansliet. p. 55.

### Bibliography

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* Nybro kommun, hemsida Till det enkla – Ingrid Dessau textildesigner, senast läst 2014-10-08
* Svenskt konstnärslexikon del IV sid 412, Allhems Förlag, Malmö. LIBRIS-ID:8390296

## Further reading

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* Ingrid Dessau at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon

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