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Born | Erfurt, German Empire | 6 March 1907
Died | 25 May 1984 Erfurt, East Germany | (aged 77)
Monuments | Margaretha Reichardt Haus Museum |
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Occupation(s) | Weaver, Textile artist |
Years active | 1926-1984 |
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Spouse | Hans Wagner (m.1936 - div.1952) |
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Website | Bauhaus100. Margaretha Reichardt |
Margaretha Reichardt (6 March 1907 – 25 May 1984), also known as Grete Reichardt, was a textile artist, weaver, and graphic designer from Erfurt, Germany.[1] She was one of the most important designers to emerge from the Bauhaus design school's weaving workshop in Dessau, Germany.[2] She spent most of her adult life running her own independent weaving workshop in Erfurt, which was under Nazi rule and then later part of communist East Germany.