Painter, draughtsman in ink, printmaker and teacher, born in Poznan, Poland. She grew up in Berlin and studied at academies there and in Leipzig, then freelanced for a time in Paris. In 1930 won the Prix de Rome and and remained there for about a decade, where she sketched many churches later pulled down under Mussolini’s town planning schemes. Travelled to London, which was her base, in 1939, from which she travelled extensively to Mediterranean countries, especially Italy and Greece. During World War II showed in war artists’ exhibitions at National Gallery and drew many monuments and buildings damaged by enemy action. After the war her work appeared in a string of publications, including Daphnis and Chloe, Homage to Greece and The Love Songs of Sappho.