Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Switzerland (1889—1943)Born in Davos, Switzerland, she studied drawing before moving to Germany to pursue further training in textile design. Back in Switzerland, she met Hans Arp, whom she would later marry, and together they became closely involved with the emerging Dada movement, participating in performances at the Cabaret Voltaire in Zürich. Taeuber-Arp soon became an active figure in the movement, working alongside artists such as Hugo Ball. In 1928 she and Arp settled in Meudon, near Paris, where they collaborated with Theo van Doesburg. With the outbreak of WWII, they moved again to escape the Nazi occupation, first to southern France and later to Switzerland. Taeuber-Arp died there in 1943 from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.
