Dagmar Starcke

Dagmar Margrethe Kristine Starcke née Kaae (1899–1975) was a Danish painter and textile artist who is remembered for her pictorial collages and woven textile works. Several of her creations are in the permanent collection at the Worker's Museum in Copenhagen. Starcke was one of the artists who contributed to the sewing and embroidery organization Haandarbejdets Fremme.

Biography Born on 13 December 1899 in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Dagmar Margrethe Kristine Kaae was the daughter of Frederik Christian Larsen Kaae and Hansine Klinge. After matriculating from high school, she attended the Tegne- og Kunstindustriskole for Kvinder (Drawing and Handicrafts School for Women) before studying at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts under Sigurd Wandel (1921–24). In 1925 in Paris, she married the sculptor Henrik Starcke (1899–1973).