Else Regensteiner

Courtesy of Western Regional Archives

FOCUS

Art/ Design/ Craft

ROLE

Student

ATTENDANCE

1945 - 1945

BIRTH

1906-04-21

Munich, Germany

DEATH

2003-01-18

Chicago, IL

Else Regensteiner was a student for the summer of 1945 where she took Weaving with Anni Albers.

Memorial article by Brad Webber, January 31, 2003, Chicago Tribune:

"Modernist textile designer and weaver Else Regensteiner was a masterful technician and instructor who was instrumental in transforming the specialty into an art form after World War II, experts said. Instrumental in adapting the styles of the Bauhaus movement to cloth, Mrs. Regensteiner was known for her def use of color and integration of materials such as metallic thread, plastics, leather, straw and found objects."

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