Josefine Pola Weinbach

Place: Stryj

Born: 1902

Death: 1984

Biography:

Pola Stout, also known as Josefine Pola Weinbach, was an American designer born in Stryj, Poland in 1902. She studied with Josef Hoffmann at the Kunstgewerbe Schule in Vienna and designed for the Wiener Werkstätte before immigrating to the United States in 1925. She was married to architect and designer Wolfgang Hoffmann, and later to mystery author Rex Stout. Pola Stout was an influential textile designer and was known for creating fine woolen fabrics. She was also the executor of Rex Stout's literary estate after her husband's death in 1975. Pola Stout died in 1984.