Helga Foght, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Helga Foght

Danish textile artist and teacher

Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1902

Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 23-Nov-1974

Profession: teacher, textile artist

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Helga Elisabeth Foght (1902–1974) was a Danish textile artist who specialized in calico printing.
She opened her own screen-printing workshop in 1937, first creating floral designs but later adopting a more abstract or strip-based approach.
Many of her designs were used for commercial production by the L.F.
Foght textile company.
Foght taught at the Danish Arts and Crafts School until 1970.