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Margaret Camilla Leiteritz (1907-1976) was a German painter who studied at the Bauhaus in Dessau until 1931. Leiteritz was born in Dresden, Germany on April 19, 1907. Leiteritz was born into an artistic family as her father, Woldemar Leiteritz was an artist. Leiteritz attended a girls school until 1924 when she trained to become a librarian in Dresden and Leipzig until 1926. Following her training, Leiteritz worked at the Dresden Public Library until 1928 when she left after being accepted into the Bauhaus in Dessau in 1928.

Leiteritz took her prerequisite courses at the Bauhaus in Dessau under the instruction of Josef Albers, Hinnerk Scheper, Joost Schmidt, and Wassily Kandinsky. Leiteritz spent a large portion of her time at the Bauhaus with Hinnerk Scheper and Alfred Arndt stufying in their mural painting workshops. Leiteritz continued her liberal arts education in studying under an array of artists such as Wassily Kandinsky and his abstract work, with Joost Schmidt and his writing and advertising, and Josef Albers' material and theory. She spent considerable time studying under Kandinsky and Klee in their free painting class having spent four semester in the class. Leiteritz also explored personal expression in Schmidt's nude and figure drawing instruction in 1931. Ultimately, Leiteritz completed her vast array of studies and left the Bauhaus in 1931.

Throughout her time at the Bauhaus, Leiteritz became known for her now famous wallpaper designs. She took part in a competition brought by wallpaper manufacturer Gebr. Rasch GmbH & Company, and split prizes between her friend Hans Fischli. Subsequently, Leiteritz took wallpaper design as a priority and was appointed to head the production of Bauhaus wallpapers.