Born in a Hungarian farming community in 1925, Vilma Guttenberger emigrated to the United States and settled in Pennsylvania, where she pursued an interest in painting. She was influenced by Durer, Rubens, Murillo, Rembrandt, and especially Vermeer. Her work earned awards and commissions, and her paintings have been displayed in Pennsylvania congressional offices. Her later years were spent in Winter Haven and Lakeland, where she died in 2018 at age 93. Vilma's daughter Veronika, an active member of Bartow Art Guild, graciously loaned the works for this retrospective and has made several of her paintings available for purchase.