(Switzerland, 19/01/1889 - 13/01/1943) Born in Davos, Switzerland, Taeuber-Arp received a rigorous education in the applied arts, beginning her studies at 17 years old, studying textile design at the School of Applied Arts in St. Gallen. Graduating in 1910, she then travelled to Munich and continued her studies in the workshop of Wilhelm von Debschitz and at the School of Arts and Crafts in Hamburg in 1912.    This early training proved foundational and, throughout her career, she...

(United States of America, 13/01/1848 - 28/02/1933) A vital cultural conduit between European and American Impressionism, Cabot Perry is celebrated for her luminous portraits, intimate domestic scenes and sunlit landscapes that reflect a cosmopolitan life shaped by intellectual curiosity and international artistic community. Born in Boston to a wealthy and intellectual family who valued artistic and scientific education equally, her literary and artistic interests were heavily encouraged from...

(Poland-France, 18/01/1882 - 17/03/1949) Born in Białystok, then part of the Russian Empire, Exter came of age at a moment of radical artistic transformation. After graduating from Kyiv Art School in 1906 she travelled to Paris to study at the Grande Chaumière Academy where she moved fluidly across stylistic borders, becoming a crucial conduit between the artistic innovations of Western Europe and the emerging Modernism of Eastern Europe and Russia.    In Paris, she encountered Cubism and...