Sophie Taeuber

Sophie Taeuber

Born in Davos, Switzerland, Sophie Henriette Gertrude Taeuber (sometime spelled Täuber) was the fifth child of Prussian pharmacist Emil Taeuber and Sophie Taeuber-Krüsi. Her father died of tuberculosis when she was two years old, after which the family moved to Trogen, where her mother opened a pension. She began her art studies in her homeland, at the School of Applied Arts in St. Gallen (1906–1910). She then moved on to the workshop of Wilhelm von Debschits in Munich, where she studied in 1911 and again in 1913; in between, she studied for a year at the School of Arts and Crafts in Hamburg. In 1916, she attended the Laban School of Dance in Zurich, and in the summer she joined the artist colony of Monte Verita in Ascona; in 1917, she danced with Mary Wigman and others at the Sun Festival organized by Laban in Ascona.

Sophie Taeuber

Sophie Taeuber

Sophie Taeuber

Sophie Taeuber

Sophie Taeuber

Sophie Taeuber

 Sophie Taeuber

Sophie Taeuber

Sophie Taeuber

Sophie Taeuber

Sophie Taeuber