Solvig Baas-Becking

Solvig Baas Becking (12 August 1928 – 2011) was an Australian textile artist.

Career

Baas Becking moved to Australia in 1963 and established a studio in Canberra in 1964 and later in Mongarlowe, NSW in 1976. She exhibited widely around Australia and in America and New Zealand.

She moved to Mongarlow, New South Wales in 1975 and was a founding member of the NSW Greens She demonstrated a commitment to the environment in her work and often highlighted the beauty of the common gum leaf in her weaving techniques. Her work is held in many public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Australia and was featured in the Know My Name exhibition in 2021. Both the NSW and Commonwealth Parliament Houses commissioned her to make floor rugs for their buildings