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Photo: Eva Heyd
Trude Guermonprez
Photo: Eva Heyd
Photo: Eva Heyd

Trude Guermonprez

Germany, 1910 – 1976
Place of DeathSan Francisco, California, United States
Place of BirthDanzig, Prussia (currently Gdansk, Poland)
BiographyTrude Guermonprez studied craft and textile design at several schools in Germany, Finland, the Czech Republic, and Sweden. She also had a very lengthy teaching career at schools such as the Volkshogeschool in the Netherlands, Black Mountain College in North Carolina, the Pond Farm Workshop in Guerneville, California, and finally at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California. Over the course of her career, she served as a teacher, commercial textile designer, and weaver of rugs and hangings for individuals and institutions.