Dorrit Dekk, 1917-2014

• Biography

  Attribute	Value
  Biography	Dorrit Dekk was born Dorothy Karoline Epstein in Brno, Czechoslovakia. She studied at art school in Vienna during the troubled period of 1937-8 when Hitler took over. She was with Max Reinhart in Vienna. Later she spent a year at the Reimann School of Art in London 1938-1939. Dekk was a painter, printmaker and designer. She worked for the Central Office of Information 1946-1948 and was a stage designer and illustrator in Cape Town in 1949. From 1950-1979 she worked in London. Clients include Air France. Her main work has been designing posters including one for British Rail, exhibitions and displays. Along with several shows she has had solo exhibitions at the Maltings Gallery, Farnham ,1986, the Clarendon Gallery, 1986 and Duncan Campbell, 2007.
  Date of birth	18 May 1917
  Date of death	29 December 2014
  Education	Vienna, 1937-1938 Reimann School of Art, 1938-1939
  Employment	Designed poster for London Transport, 1961
  Role	Artist,