Background
Zavada, Barbara Johanna was born on June 20, 1938 in Jena, Thueringia, Germany. Arrived in the United States, 1953. Daughter of Paul Egon Weber and Johanna-Helene Kuehlich.
Zavada, Barbara Johanna was born on June 20, 1938 in Jena, Thueringia, Germany. Arrived in the United States, 1953. Daughter of Paul Egon Weber and Johanna-Helene Kuehlich.
Certified, Traphagen School Fashions, New York City, 1960; studied with, Karl Bobeck, Berlin, 1962; Association, Rochester (New York) Institute Technology, 1966; postgraduate, Art Students League, New York City, 1970.
Painter, Europe and United States of America, since 1960; fashion designer, H & U Schmidt, Berlin, 1961-1962; fashion designer, Dave Goldberg, New York City, 1967-1971; graphic designer, Zavada Associations, Stamford, Connecticut, 1974-1990; now lecturer on abstract expressionism.
Search and rescue pilot Civil Air Patrol, Rochester, New York, 1964—1968, Staten Island, 1969—1970. Vice president German Language School, Westport, Connecticut, 1981—1983. Graphics, scholarship fund Greenwich Academy, 1985—1990.
Member of Civil Air Patrol, National Museum Women In Arts, National Women's History Museum.
Married Gerhard Manfred Grote, March 6, 1971 (divorced January 1975). 1 child, Erika Barbara.