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Anne von Freyburg

Pinks, purples, and blues dominate in these collaged textiles which depict a woman moving, in a full dress, to the right and the floating head of an admirer to the left.
Electric Feel (After Fragonard, The Pursuit)
Textile wall installation painting: acrylic ink, synthetic fabrics, PVC fabric, tapestry-fabric, sequin fabrics, hand-embroidery, polyester wadding and hand-dyed tassel fringes on canvas, 2025
Pink and brown textiles of different textures come together to form a woman's face and dripping body, with fringe in browns and pinks.
Soft Blush (After Fragonard, The Progress of Love: The Reverie)
Textile wall installation painting: acrylic ink, synthetic fabrics, PVC fabric, tapestry-fabric, sequin fabrics, hand-embroidery, polyester wadding and hand-dyed tassel fringes on canvas, 2025
Couple in purple and blue textile collage with mostly blue fabric shapes above them, from which hang blue and light purple fringe. Fringe also hangs from the main portion of textile art.
Spellbound (After Fragonard, The Progress of Love: Love letters)
Textile wall installation painting: acrylic ink, synthetic fabrics, PVC fabric, tapestry-fabric, sequin fabrics, hand-embroidery, polyester wadding and hand-dyed tassel fringes on canvas, 2025
Fabrics in purples, pinks, and blues, with fringe coming down, seem to create clouds above a scene, also crafted in various fabrics, of a woman in a dress.
Something in the Air has Changed (After Fragonard, the Meeting)
Textile wall installation painting: acrylic ink, synthetic fabrics, PVC fabric, tapestry-fabric, sequin fabrics, hand-embroidery, polyester wadding and hand-dyed tassel fringes on canvas, 2025
Pieces of wavy fabric in multiple colors, including pale colors and bright pinks, come together to form a woman's face. Fringe at bottom of textile painting reflects palette of pinks and soft blues and greens.
Sun Kissed (After Fragonard, Venus with Doves)
Textile painting: acrylic ink, synthetic-fabrics, tapestry-fabric, sequin fabrics, hand-embroidery, polyester wadding and hand-dyed tassel fringes on canvas, 2023
Varying pinks and reds, in multi-textured fabrics, swirl together surrounded by greens and fringe in green and black.
Ladidadida (After Boucher, Venus with Doves)
extile painting: acrylic ink, spray-paint, synthetic-fabrics, tapestry-fabric, sequin fabrics, hand-embroidery, polyester wadding and hand-dyed tassel fringes on canvas, 2023
Woman's face emerges from collage of textiles in varying textures and colors, including fabric showing a comic-book style "OMG!!!!," gold chains, and a cat's eyes. Towards the bottom of the image a piece of fabric reads "Carpe Diem."
Wild Child (After Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun)
Textile painting: acrylic ink, synthetic-fabrics, tapestry-fabric, sequin fabrics, hand-embroidery, polyester wadding and hand-dyed tassel fringes on canvas, 2023
Curling and curving fabrics in multiple colors come together to form a woman's face. A silver shiny fabric is used around the edges of the image. Fringe at the bottom of image picks up primarily on the textile painting's light greens, pale pinks, and silver (which looks gray on the fringe).
Sharp on the Edges (After Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun)
Textile painting: acrylic ink, synthetic-fabrics, tapestry-fabric, sequin fabrics, lace, silver studs, hand-embroidery, polyester wadding and hand-dyed tassel fringes on canvas, 2023
Fabrics in bold colors, including reds and greens, come together in one textile painting with multi-colored fringe hanging both from top and bottom of work.
Tuttifrutti (After Jan van Huysum, Flower still-life)
Textile painting: acrylic ink, synthetic-fabrics, PVC fabric, tapestry-fabric, sequin fabrics, hand-embroidery, polyester wadding and hand-dyed tassel fringes on canvas, 2024
Textiles in a neon color palette (including greens, purple, and pinks) come together to form a woman. Fabrics include florals, sequins, and rainbow patterns. Fringe in various colors hangs down from both higher up the textile painting and the bottom of the textile art.
Sunny Side Up (After Fragonard, The Lover Crowned)
Textile painting: acrylic ink, synthetic-fabrics, PVC fabric, tapestry-fabric, sequin fabrics, hand-embroidery, polyester wadding and hand-dyed tassel fringes on canvas, 2025
Sprawling horizontal art, with several separate pieces of textile painting, all of which have their own fringe giving a dripping or melting appearance. Viewers who know the source material - Fragonard's painting, The Swing - may be able to make out one piece as a woman's head, as well as a body leaned back as if in motion and a shoe flying away from the body, though this is abstracted to such a degree that it may not be apparent to some viewers.
Oops I Made You Lose Your Head (After Fragonard, The Swing)
Textile painting: acrylic ink, synthetic-fabrics, tapestry-fabric, sequin fabrics, hand-embroidery, polyester wadding and hand-dyed tassel fringes on canvas, 2023
Woman's eyes and face subtly detectable in collage of textiles mostly in dark and light blues as well as purples, with black and gold fabrics incorporated into its border. Eyes portrayed with pink fabric, one of which suggests celestial phenomenon, creating an almost bloodshot appearance. Fringe reflects blues and black of rest of image. Includes a variety of imagery, on fabric, in its collaging, such as women comic book characters and a butterfly.
Star Gazing (After Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun, Madame Grand)
Textile painting: acrylic ink, spray-paint, synthetic-fabrics, tapestry-fabric, sequin fabrics, Swarovski beads, hand-embroidery, polyester wadding and hand-dyed tassel fringes on canvas, 2023
Colorful mix of differently textured textiles including pieces that say "BOOM," "What?!," "Bang!" and "Pow," along with stars and flowers, bordered in shiny black fabric, with black fringe
Kabloom (After Jan van Huysum, Flower still-life)
Textile painting: acrylic ink, synthetic-fabrics, PVC fabric, tapestry-fabric, sequin fabrics, hand-embroidery, polyester wadding and hand-dyed tassel fringes on canvas, 2024
Clusters of collaged fabrics of different colors, with fringe hanging down in various colors.
Textile painting: acrylic ink, synthetic-fabrics, PVC fabric, tapestry-fabric, sequin fabrics, hand-embroidery, polyester wadding and hand-dyed tassel fringes on canvas, 2024
In a roughly rectangular shape, many colors and textures of fabrics come together, including many shades of pink, dark purples, and bright yellows. Fabrics include "LOVE" and "KISS" candy hearts, gold chains, and flowers. The majority of the image is in a more organic shape, while a rectangular shape surrounds it evoking a frame.
Hot Stuff (After Boucher, reclining nude)
Textile painting: acrylic ink, spray-paint, synthetic-fabrics, tapestry-fabric, sequin fabrics, hand-embroidery, polyester wadding and hand-dyed tassel fringes on canvas, 2023
Woman's facial features emerge from collage of fabrics in multiple colors and patterns, surrounded by hot pink fringe.
Patchwork Girl No. 2 Tapestry Collage: tapestry, sequin fabric, metallic fabric, pvc fabric, polyester wadding, hand dyed fringes and hand stitching on woven tapestry, 2025
Woman's facial features emerge from a collage of multi-colored fabrics surrounded by light blue fringe.
Patchwork Girl No. 1
Tapestry Collage: tapestry, sequin fabric, metallic fabric, pvc fabric, polyester wadding, hand dyed fringes and hand stitching on woven tapestry, 2025

Anne von Freyburg

Anne von Freyburg (b. 1979) is a Dutch artist based in London. She received her MFA from Goldsmiths (2016) and holds a BA in fashion design from ArtEZ in Arnhem, the Netherlands. Von Freyburg is the winner of Robert Walters UK New Artists Award (2021) and a finalist for the Hopper Prize (2025). Von Freyburg had a solo show at Saatchi Gallery London in Spring 2025 and exhibited several times at the Gallery. In 2021 von Freyburg was nominated for the Ingram Prize. Her work is part of the 18th Tapestry Triennial at the Central Textile Museum in Lodz, Poland (2025-2026), one of the most prominent international textile museums worldwide. Von Freyburg’s work is part of museum and private collections all over the world.

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