About Hildegard Rath

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Hilda Rath
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    Hildegard Rath, painter, author, teacher, and lecturer, was born on March 22, 1909 in Wurttemberg, Germany, in the Black Forest region of Germany. Her father was a bank president, her mother a sculptor, writer, and illustrator of children's books. At the age of 15, Miss Rath painted her first portrait in oil as a birthday present for her father and thereafter every opportunity for study was given to her.

    This included private instruction by impressionist Adolph Senglaub, at the Atelier House in Stuttgardt, Germany, and at the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Berlin. She studied with Lotte Laserstein and Otto Manigk and during this time she earned her BA and MA degrees. Rath traveled extensively throughout Europe and the US studying ...

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