Klára Lenz

Klára Mária Hermina Lenz (30 June 1924, in Budapest – 16 February 2013, in Madrid) was a Hungarian Gobelin tapestry artist who emigrated to Venezuela during World War II, and in 1950 moved to Colombia.

Endre Farkas de Boldogfa was Head of the National Mobility Department at the Ministry of Public Supply during the war.

After completion of the Second World War, Hungary was invaded by the Soviet armies that fought against Nazi troops after a coup had taken control of the country.

She also worked for several decades at the international airport in Bogotá when the family moved to Colombia and also worked for Avianca The deep catholic artist met through her husband the Hungarian cardinal József Mindszenty, who traveled to Venezuela in 1975 and briefly to Colombia in the same month.

Endre invited Mindszenty to visit Venezuela and arranged also the trip to Colombia, were Klára and her family received the Hungarian Cardinal.

Anna Gömöry (1874–1946), a wealthy fruit trader and owner of several tenement houses in Budapest, wife of Gyula Lenz (1848–1910), the grandmother of Klára Lenz.
Coat of arms of the Lenz family (embroidered by Klára)