Mrs. Benke Weigelt Márta was born in 1929 in Pécs. She attended the School of Commerce where she made the poster of the school from 1945 and she even tried to paint silk. Since her great grandfather Samuel Weigelt, and her grandfather Carl Wilhelm Weigelt who was the sculptor model guard of the Zsolnay Factory, were artists we can say that she had appropriate ancestors concerning art vein.

Mrs. Benke Weigelt Márta stills keeps the ebony sample woods of her ancestors. From 1953, she worked in the fine art circle of the Doktor Sándor Cultural Center at the graphics, painter and sculptor departments. She learned the basics from Palkovics Lajos. At the same time, she was involved in making lampshades for the hotels of Pécs and Harkány, as well as postcards. Most of her landscapes were made with pastel chalk.

In 1978, she participated at the 25th Jubilee exhibition of the Zsolnay Circle organized in Pécs. In 1987 and in 1990 she was the quest of the amateur fine- and applied art forum in Kecskemét. In 1997 in Barcs she showed her works in the Dráva Museum in the framework of the Spring Festival. She regularly exhibits in Babócsa at the Programs of the Narcissus Days.

She opened a workshop gallery in Kisújbánya where she used to live and at her present village, Szulok. She traveled in Canada several times where the Indian Totem Pole inspired her. People say of her small statues that even though their theme is strict, looking at the figures people receive consolation.