Ann-Mari Kornerup

In 1951, Kornerup opened a weaving workshop in Charlottenlund where she produced tapestries and embroidered works, often creating scenes of everyday life, sometimes with children. In parallel, until 1961, she taught composition at Haandarbejdets Fremme, which had become a focus for Danish textile art. She also taught embroidery, sewing and weaving at the Danish School of Arts and Crafts (1960–73).^[4] As described in her Broderiformning (1969), she engaged in experimental teaching under the Gentofte municipal authority, using new materials for both adults and primary school children. For many years, she taught textile art in teachers training colleges.^[2] Her Embroidery for Children was published in English in 1971.^[5]

She exhibited her work from the 1950s in Denmark and abroad. Study trips until the 1970s in Europe, the Middle East and the United States widened her mastery of embroidery and weaving. She assisted with the management of the Artists' Autumn Exhibitions, becoming a central figure in Danish textile art. Her decorative work was commissioned for banks, hotels, public buildings, schools, churches and the Danish Parliament. Her work can be seen in the Danish Design Museum and in the Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York.^[2][6]

Ann-Mari Kornerup died in 2006.^[7]

In addition to numerous grants and scholarships, Kornerup received the silver medal for the Venice Biennale in 1946 and first prize for the Haandarbejdets Fremme embroidery contest in 1963.^[2]