Abstract is: Althea McNish FSCD (1924–2020) was an artist from Trinidad who became the first Black British textile designer to earn an international reputation. Born in Trinidad, McNish moved to Britain in the 1950s. She was associated with the Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM) in the 1960s, participating in CAM's exhibitions and seminars and helping to promote Caribbean arts to a British public. Her work is represented in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Whitworth Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture and the Cooper-Hewitt (Smithsonian Design Museum), among other places. McNish was a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers. She was married to the jewellery designer John Weiss (1933–2018).
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P7763 | copyright status as a creator | works protected by copyrights | Q73555012 |
P27 | country of citizenship | United Kingdom | Q145 |
Trinidad and Tobago | Q754 | ||
P69 | educated at | Royal College of Art | Q1753535 |
London College of Communication | Q3258944 | ||
P734 | family name | McNish | Q56225587 |
McNish | Q56225587 | ||
McNish | Q56225587 | ||
P735 | given name | Althea | Q3613148 |
Althea | Q3613148 | ||
P6379 | has works in the collection | Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture | Q119160 |
Victoria and Albert Museum | Q213322 | ||
Philadelphia Museum of Art | Q510324 | ||
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum | Q1129820 | ||
Whitworth Art Gallery | Q3567825 | ||
P106 | occupation | textile designer | Q18611810 |
P5008 | on focus list of Wikimedia project | WikiProject African diaspora | Q15304953 |
Black Lunch Table | Q28781198 | ||
P551 | residence | United Kingdom | Q145 |
P21 | sex or gender | female | Q6581072 |
P26 | spouse | John Weiss | Q94108785 |
Q94108785 | John Weiss | spouse | P26 |
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