Painter, sculptor, designer and interior designer, Sophie Taureber-Arp is one of the major figures of modern art. First trained in applied arts, in 1916 she joined the Dada movement in Zurich, where she collaborated with Tristan Tzara and Jean Arp, who would become her husband.

Contrary to the chaos claimed by the Dadaist movement, she seeks harmony and structure, anticipating the principles of Bauhaus and constructivism. In 1927, she participated in the development of the Aubette Museum in Strasbourg, an emblematic project of fusion between arts and architecture. By reconciling abstraction and functionality, Taeuber-Arp laid the foundations of a modernist language that would influence architects and designers such as Jean Prouvé and Le Corbusier.

His paintings have a unique place in the history of art and are characterized by bold geometric abstraction and rhythmic compositions. The artist moves away from figurative representations to explore a visual language based on elementary forms, lines, and pure colors. His canvases, both rigorous and lyrical, bear witness to his contribution to the evolution of abstract art in the 20th century.

Disappeared in 1943, Sophie Taureber-Arp is now celebrated in the greatest museums in the world, thanks to major retrospectives at MoMA, the Pompidou Center and the Tate Modern. His work, long underestimated, is now enjoying international recognition.

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