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SUMMARY:Edith Tudor Hart: A Life Reframed
DESCRIPTION:To mark the recent publication of her new biography of Edith Tudor Hart A Woman Named Edith – the first in English – Daria Santini will illuminate the creative and investigative process behind the book. A gifted Austrian photographer from a prominent Jewish family at the heart of social-democratic Vienna between the wars\, the communist Tudor Hart – born Edith Suschitzky in 1908 – married an Englishman\, moved to London in the early 1930s and\, while continuing to turn her camera on scenes of social injustice and championing progressive causes\, embarked on a clandestine career in the service of the Soviet Union\, for which she delivered some of Stalin’s most valuable British recruits. \nOpening with an account of her research and the gradual unearthing of successive layers of her subject’s life and personality\, Santini’s talk will focus on Tudor Hart’s wide circle of friends and acquaintances in Britain. Bringing fresh understanding to the perennial question of her devotion to the Soviet cause – and eschewing sensationalism throughout – the author places Tudor Hart firmly within the cultural and political world she inhabited. \nSeen from this perspective\, Edith Tudor Hart emerges not only as one of the most significant photographers of her generation\, but as a profoundly connected figure: a woman fully\, and not least tragically\, of her time whose continuing relevance\, both as an artist and as an activist\, remains beyond question. \nDaria Santini is a biographer and cultural historian. Born in Rome and educated both in Italy and Germany\, she eventually made her home in England\, where she went on to pursue an academic career in German language and literature. She now writes full-time and lives between London and Italy. Her latest book A Woman Named Edith. Émigré\, Photographer\, Secret Agent – The Extraordinary Life of Edith Tudor Hart\, follows The Exiles: Actors\, Artists and Writers Who Fled the Nazis for London (Bloomsbury\, 2019)\, a group portrait of some of the key figures in the German-speaking émigré community in 1930s London. \nTo book\, click here.
URL:https://insidersoutsidersfestival.org/event/edith-tudor-hart-a-life-reframed/
LOCATION:Insiders Outsiders\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Photography
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SUMMARY:Lida & Zika Ascher & the Mohair Rage\, Henry Nathan: Émigré\, textile manufacturer & entrepreneur
DESCRIPTION:Textile designers and manufacturers Zika (1910 – 1992) and Lida (1913 – 1983) Ascher won international acclaim for their innovative collaborations with fine artists such as Henry Moore\, Graham Sutherland and Henri Matisse. The couple married in 1939 and were forced to flee to England that same year on account of Zika’s Jewish heritage\, when Czechoslovakia was annexed to Germany. They established their own print works in West London and collaborated with textile manufacturers in France\, Italy\, and Scotland. By the end of the 1940s the company was increasingly focussed on providing textiles for the haute couture trade\, opening premises on the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. Continuing to innovate and push technical and aesthetic boundaries\, the Aschers introduced a range of woollen and mohair fabrics in 1957 to great critical reception. \nNational Museums Scotland have recently acquired a large collection of Ascher couture fabrics\, and this talk by Lisa Mason will focus on this acquisition\, situating them within the wider context of high fashion and émigré textile designers practicing in post-war Britain. \nLisa Mason is Assistant Curator of Modern & Contemporary Design at National Museums Scotland\, where her research interests include the contribution of émigrés from the Jewish diaspora to British visual culture\, interior design and politics in the Cold War\, and site-specific architectural tapestry in post-war Scotland. She has published widely on twentieth century textile design. Previous exhibitions include Archie Brennan: Tapestry Goes Pop! (co-curated with Kate Grenyer) at the Dovecot Studios in 2021 and Bernat Klein: Design in Colour at the National Museum of Scotland in 2022. She is chair of the Dress & Textile Specialists. \nLisa’s presentation will be paired with one by Dr Gina Pierce\, who will introduce us to the life and career of successful but still little-known textile manufacturer Henry Nathan. Managing director of a firm manufacturing furnishing fabrics in Germany until the 1930s\, he was allowed to transfer to London to escape the rise of the Nazi party\, and in the postwar period to set up in business on his own. \nWhen Gina encountered his fabrics during her research into the furniture company Parker Knoll\, she determined to investigate. The research led her to Northern Ireland where he established a manufacturing centre named Tapestry Weavers (Ulster) Ltd\, employing local people and where he featured regularly in the press. His promotional skills resulted in him having encounters with royalty and supplying high end residences\, mainly in overseas markets. Yet there appears to be almost no evidence of any fabrics remaining and his name has disappeared from textile histories. Her research has discovered some surprising results\, although the mystery surrounding his career and the whereabouts of his textiles continues. \nDr Gina Pierce is a Senior Lecturer at London Metropolitan University\, and has for many years combined teaching textile design and theory with a career as a designer of furnishing fabrics. As a researcher practitioner\, she leads the Tangible Archive Research Group\, and currently delivers a programme of workshops connecting the public\, charity and health groups to archives through creativity. \nTo book\, click here\nImage: Presentation of six tapestry cushion covers\, by Eileen Roberta Simpson\, made by Tapestry Weavers (Ulster) Ltd\, Crevillyvalley\, to Queen Elizabeth II\, in Ballymena\, 3.7.1953. By kind permission of Mid-Antrim Museum (Mid and East Antrim Borough Council).
URL:https://insidersoutsidersfestival.org/event/lida-zika-ascher-the-mohair-rage-henry-nathan-emigre-textile-manufacturer-entrepreneur/
LOCATION:Insiders Outsiders\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Design,Lectures
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