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A rebel since her teenage years, Gertrud Arndt (née Hantschk) had a clear idea of what she wanted to do in life as a modern woman.
Gertrud arndt biography samples
Rejecting the traditional role that society assigned to her, she dreamed of becoming an architect. In 1919, she started training with an Erfurt architect, Karl Meinhardt. Her job consisted mainly of drawing and administration, but the experience gave her an entrée into the profession to which she aspired, and she acquired a wealth of knowledge, especially in interior design.
At the same time, she discovered the work of Paul Klee(1879-1940) and Vassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) at Erfurt Museum.
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The museum’s curator suggested that she should join the Bauhaus in Weimar and arranged a local authority grant for her.
G. Arndt joined the school in 1923 after the great Bauhaus exhibition and the construction of the Haus am Horn house, the first building based on Bauhaus design principles.
Much to her disappointment, she found that her knowledge of a