Hella Guth - Artist Info

About Hella Guth

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    Hella Guth (1908-1992)

    She was born on February 16, 1908 in Kostelní Bríza (Kirchenbirk) near Sokolov (Falkenau) in western Bohemia. She was interested in art since her youth and was brought up in a supportive and cultivated environment. While still at secondary school she took art lessons with Truda Sandmann and later with a private tutor from the Bauhaus. In the autumn of 1926, after completing secondary school, Guth left to study at the School of Applied Arts in Vienna, where she attended Wilhelm Müller-Hofmann's painting studio for three years. In addition to drawing and painting, students there learned about applied graphics, advertising design and printing techniques. Guth made her firs...

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