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Klára Mária Hermina Lenz (born June 30, 1924 in Budapest - Madrid, February 13, 2013) was a Hungarian Gobelin tapestry artist who emigrated to Venezuela during World War II.
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Biography
Klara (Clara) Lenz was born on June 30, 1924 in Budapest. Her father was József Lenz (1897-1965) and her mother Klara Topits (1901-1993). After completion of the Second World War, Hungary was invaded by the Soviet armies that fought against Nazi troops after a coup had taken control of the country. Thus, the situation became critical and uncertain, after which József Lenz chose to go with his family to Switzerland.
After spending nearly two years in Zurich, the Lenz family moved to Venezuela, where they became naturalized citizens. Klara had started her career working in customer service for United Airlines and at various hotels. She also worked for several decades at the international airport in Bogotá when the family moved to Colombia.
Tapestries
Lenz has created over 100 tapestries while in Bogotá. A museum in Nyékládháza, Hungary exhibits some of her tapestries as a greater exhibit on the Lenz family.
Klara became interested in the gods of indigenous cultures of Colombia, Peru, and Mexico, and she reproduced them in many of her works, as well as game animals, mythological animals and birds.