The Thread of Corona Krause, Beyond the Bauhaus

Matina Kousidi

Matina Kousidi Politecnico di Milano https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7420-7536

Keywords: Corona Krause, Dress, Modern Movement, Textile Design

Abstract

Among the weavers of the Bauhaus Weaving Workshop, an Italian textile artist appeared: Corona Krause. In the production of fabrics for clothing and those designed for the upholstery of domestic elements, the contribution that Krause has made to modern design is large. You belong to that group of artists who have given significant impetus to the innovative themes of the Weimar school, even if the profile of these artists is still relatively unknown. By examining the context of Krause's work and following the thread that leads her from the German to the Italian experience, this article tries to untie the "Krause knot".

Author Biography

Matina Kousidi, Politecnico di Milano

Postdoctoral researcher at the GTA Institute, ETH Zürich, fully-funded by the Swiss government, where she carried out her individual scholarly work on the role of dress in the architectural discourse. Previously, as DAAD fellow, she visited the Humboldt University of Berlin and taught at Dessau Institute of Architecture, while conducting research at the Bauhaus Archives, on the interrelational practices between spatial and dress design in the homonymous school. Matina’s work has been presented internationally, as she has contributed to various publications and conferences, and she has been an invited lecturer and critic in departments of architecture, interior and textile design. She received her PhD from Sapienza University of Rome, after an extensive stay at University of the Arts London. Actually, she is a researcher at Politecnico di Milano.