Althea McNish

Althea McNish CM FSCD (15 May 1924 – 16 April 2020) was an artist from Trinidad who became the first Black British textile designer to earn an international reputation.

Althea McNish

CM FSCD
Born
Althea Marjorie McNish

15 May 1924
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Died16 April 2020(2020-04-16) (aged 95)
London
Education
  • London School of Printing and Graphic Arts
  • Central School of Arts and Crafts
  • Royal College of Art
Known forTextile design
SpouseJohn Weiss (1959–2018, his death)
WebsiteAlthea McNish & John Weiss at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 September 2019)

Born in Trinidad, McNish moved to Britain in the 1950s. She was associated with the Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM) in the 1960s, participating in CAM's exhibitions and seminars and helping to promote Caribbean arts to a British public. Her work is represented in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Whitworth Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture and the Cooper-Hewitt (Smithsonian Design Museum), among other places.

McNish was a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers. She was married to the jewellery designer John Weiss (1933–2018).

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