Vibeke Klint

Karen Vibeke Klint (née Nielsen; 13 December 1927 - 30 December 2019) was a Danish textile artist who created a wide variety of tapestries, carpets, silks and home textiles, initially inspired by Functionalism. Her work has been used to decorate concert halls, embassies, ministries and churches. While her own creations were frequently inspired by geometrical patterns, she also produced tapestries based on cartoons by William Scharff and Palle Nielsen.

Early life and education Born on 13 December 1927 in Frederiksberg, Karen Vibeke Nielsen was the daughter of the editor Gunnar Lorens Christian Nielsen (1901–52) and Karen Gudrun Skou (1905–66). When she was six, the family moved to Aarhus where her father became the editor of the local newspaper Århus Stiftstidende. In 1942, she and her two younger sisters moved back to Copenhagen where her father had been appointed editor of Nationaltidende. While at school, she took private art lessons with Poul Sæbye and later with Bizzie Høyer. When she was 19, she studied weaving under Gerda Henning at the School of Arts and Crafts, graduating in 1949.

In 1954, Vibeke Nielsen married Morten Le Klint (1918–1978), son of the architect Kaare Klint, with whom she had three children: Peter, Jakob and Le.