Edith was born the only child of German artist Ernst Franz Josef Vogl (1907-1951). After her father's early death, her interest and exposure to art was furthered by her godfathers, renowned German painter and sculptor Max Renner (1909-1990), who introduced her to classical art and sculpture, Swiss painter and designer Paul Fischer (1907-1987), from whom she received her artistic apprenticeship, and Kurt Walther (1908-1958), artist and teacher, with whom she explored flower( ... read more )