Jacqueline Groag

Jacqueline Groag (née Hilde Pick; 6 April 1903 – 13 January 1986) was an influential textile designer in Great Britain in the period following World War II.

During the 1920s, Groag studied textile design in Vienna and thrived under the schooling of professor Franz Cižek, who was delighted by her lack of previous formal art education.

[3] In 1930, Groag was mentioned in an article by Dr. Hans von Ankwicz for the German publication Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration on her work.

From that point she became a major influence on pattern design internationally, with clients like the Associated American Artists, Hallmark Cards and John Lewis.

[4] Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, she became more and more involved with Sir Misha Black and the Design Research Unit (DRU), working on the interiors of boats, aircraft and trains.