Early Life, Family and Training Marta Hegemann was born on 14 February 1894 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Her early years were shaped by a formal education that would eventually lead her away from the structured life of a teacher and toward the avant-garde circles of the Rhineland. In 1911, she began her studies at the Kölner Kunstgewerbeschule, a period that placed her at the center of a burgeoning artistic community. Seeking to refine her…