Hildegarde Haas (b. 1926-2002, German American)

Hildegarde Haas was born in Frankfort, Germany on April 19, 1926 and moved with her family to the U.S. in 1937. She studied at Colorado Springs Fine Art Center followed by two years at the University of Chicago. Haas was completely self-taught as a printmaker. In 1949, she was included in the 16 Newcomers show at the Jacques Seligmann Gallery in New York. She was included in the exhibition "Young American Printmakers" at the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1953.

Seven years after beginning making woodblocks, the physical demands of carving proved too demanding and Haas began paiting. In 1951, Haas relocated to Northern California and became affiliated with Bay Area art organizations, including the San Francisco and Oakland Art Associations and the Arts and Crafts Coop in Berkeley. Haas continued to exhibit in national and local painting and print exhibitions and she had solo exhibitions at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts and the Kaiser Aluminum Corporation. Her work is represented in the permanent collections of Museum of Modern Art, Library of Congress, City of San Francisco, Seattle Museum of Fine Art, Dallas Museum of Fine Art, Worcester Art Museum and the Cleveland Art Museum.