Residence Japan Nationality Austrian | Name Felice Rix-Ueno | |
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Born 1893 Vienna Education University of Applied Arts Vienna Occupation Textile, wallpaper, and craft designer Known for Influential figure in the Japanese modern art scene Died 1967, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan | ||
Felice "Lizzie" Rix-Ueno (1893–1967) was an Austrian textile, wallpaper, and craft designer. She lived in Japan, and became an influential figure in the Japanese modern art scene.
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Early life and education
Felice Rix was born in Vienna. She studied at University of Applied Arts Vienna and Josef Hoffmann was her teacher.
Career
She worked at Wiener Werkstätte. There, she designed wallpaper and textiles. She married Japanese architect Isaburo Ueno in 1925, who worked at Hoffmann's architecture firm. They moved to Japan. She would teach at the Kyoto School of Arts after World War II.
Legacy
Her work is in held in the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto. The National Museum of Modern Art describes her work as "demonstrating the fusion of sensibilities of Vienna and Kyoto."