Her Life
Born in Vienna, she studied at the Bauhaus under Johannes Itten and worked across painting, textiles, and design. Later she ran a design studio in Vienna and worked with the architect Franz Singer.
This profile discusses persecution and the Holocaust.
Friedl Dicker
1898–1944 · Born in Vienna
Ceramics and PaintingTextiles and Design
In one sentence
A multi-talented artist and teacher who taught children art even in a concentration camp.
Her Work
She created experimental textiles, stage and interior designs, and graphic work.
Why she was overlooked
As a Jewish woman and anti-fascist, she was arrested by the Nazis and deported to Theresienstadt (Terezín), where she secretly taught art to children. She was murdered at Auschwitz in 1944.
Her Legacy Today
Thousands of children's drawings from her classes survived, and her own work is being rediscovered.
- Textile, stage and interior designs (1920s–30s)
- Children's art classes, Terezín (1942–44)
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