Brite ÅlinThe Swedish-born textile artist Brite Ålin (1934-2014) used shapes and shades inspired by the natural world to express form and movement in tapestries and woven wall hangings. Her early work focused on open weave designs in which natural and geometri forms woven from cotton rag strips alternated with exposed warp to create large freeform wall hangings. She later wove tapestries ranging from representational to abstract within a muted earthen-toned or monotone gray scale. Ålin moved to the United States in the mid-1960s, but continued to periodically live in her native country and take inspiration from its weaving traditions and natural landscape. Read More Read Less