Lore Kadden Lindenfeld Explained

Lore Kadden Lindenfeld (April 27, 1921 – April 8, 2010) was a German-American textile designer. She taught visual arts at Middlesex County College. Her work has been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions internationally.[1] [2]

Life and education

Lore Kadden Lindenfeld was born in Wuppertal, Germany, to parents Frieda and Alfred Kadden. She attended school at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf, where she studied fashion design; however, she was shortly forced to flee to the Netherlands due to Nazi rule. A year later, her family moved to the United States where she began a living as a seamstress and salesperson. Lore took classes at Harvard and attended the Institute for Social Progress at Wellesley College as well.

From 1945 to 1948 she attended Black Mountain College, graduating with a degree in Weaving and Textile Design.

She earned a master's degree in Creative Arts Education from Rutgers University in 1982.

Career

Lore's first post-graduate employment was as a design assistant in a textile plant in New York where she helped design women's coats and dresses.[2] She was one of the first women to become an industrial textile designer.[3] She then became a designer for Kanmak Textiles. Lore soon devoted her time raising her two children and as an independent weaver, creating pieces that represented her founded knowledge of patterns, colors, and designs.[1] [4] She started the weaving department and was a faculty member in the Visual Arts department at Middlesex County College from 1968 to 1986 and taught weaving at the Princeton Adult School for many years.

Artistic significance

Lore focused primarily on weaving and fiber designs, using plastic raffia and wool fibers or ribbons.[1] She also created some pieces using paper and ink. Her work has made appearances in exhibits throughout the world, and her work is held in the collections of the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, the Fashion Institute of Technology, the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, the Museum of Arts and Design, the National Museum of American Art, the Newark Museum of Art, the New Jersey State Museum, Rider University Art Collection, the Paley Design Center, and in private collections.[2]

Major works

Solo exhibitions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lore Kadden Lindenfeld. March 18, 2017. Black Mountain College Project.
  2. News: Lore Kadden Lindenfeld. The Times. Obituaries. March 18, 2017. April 20, 2010. Princeton, New Jersey.
  3. Web site: Benson. Julia. Weaving at the Bauhaus: Origins and Influences. 2003. 23.
  4. Web site: Lore Kadden Lindenfeld, resume. March 17, 2017. Black Mountain College Project.
  5. Web site: Totem. March 18, 2017. Black Mountain College Project.
  6. Web site: Triptych. March 18, 2017. Black Mountain College Project.
  7. Web site: Sado Island. March 18, 2017. Black Mountain College Project.
  8. Web site: Sado Island, Remembered Images. March 18, 2017. Black Mountain College Project.
  9. Web site: Patterns of Growth. March 18, 2017. Black Mountain College Project.
  10. Web site: Transparent Forest. March 18, 2017. Black Mountain College Project.
  11. Web site: Lore Lindenfeld « Artists « Yvette Torres Fine Art. yvettetorresfineart.com. 2020-03-17.
  12. Web site: Dialogue: Lindenfeld + Lindenfeld. Artistree. en. 2020-03-17.

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