Olga Boznańska
Olga Boznańska | |
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.jpg) Olga Boznańska, 1930 | |
| Born | 15 April 1865 |
| Died | 26 October 1940 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Known for | Painter |
| Notable work | Girl with Chrysanthemums (1894) Breton Woman (1889) |
Olga Boznańska (15 April 1865 – 26 October 1940) was a Polish
Early life
Boznańska was born in
Education and artistic training
Boznańska learned drawing first from her mother who was a teacher in the convent school of Premonstratensians in Imbramowice near Kraków,[3] then with Józef Siedlecki, Kazimierz Pochwalski and Antoni Piotrowski between 1883-6. She then studied at the Adrian Baraniecki School for Women.[2] She débuted in 1886 at the Kraków Association of Friends of Fine Arts exhibition.
From 1886–1890 she studied art in the private schools of Karl Kricheldorf and
Career
From then on she devoted herself mostly to portraits, still lifes and occasionally landscapes. She became well connected within the Polish artistic community of Munich, notably Józef Brandt who became her mentor.[2] Her 1893 Portrait of Paul Nauen obtained her first public success - being awarded the gold medal at the International Exhibition in Vienna the following year.[2]
In 1898, she joined the Society of Polish Artists "Sztuka" and in the same year moved to Paris, where she became a member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and started teaching at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière[4] and joined the Polish Society of Literature and Art (Polskie Towarzystwo Literacko-Artystyczne).[5]
Her most famous 1894 portrait of an unknown child Girl with Chrysanthemums fascinated her contemporaries by its
She died in Paris at the age of 75.
Gallery
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Self-portrait, 1893, National Museum in Warsaw -
Breton Woman, 1889, Private collection -
Girl with Chrysanthemums, 1894, National Museum in Kraków -
Portrait of a Woman, 1888, National Museum in Kraków -
Golden Roses, 1896, National Museum in Kraków -
Two Girls Cuddling, 1906, National Museum in Warsaw -
Portrait of a Lady in a White Hat, 1906, Silesian Museum in Katowice -
Portrait of Paul Neuen, 1893, National Museum in Kraków -
Girl by the Window, ca. 1980, Museum of Upper Silesia -
Young Lady with an Umbrella, 1886, Private collection
See also
References
- ^ "Boznańska Olga". Malarstwo, Europa; początek XX w. Encyklopedia WIEM, Onet.pl. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f Kopszak, Piotr (18 March 2019). "A life devoted to art – Olga Boznańska". Europeana (CC By-SA). Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Olga Boznańska". Culture.pl. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ (pl)zwoje-scrolls.com Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Irena Kossowska, Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk (July 2002). "Olga Boznańska". Sztuki wizualne. Warsaw: Instytut Adama Mickiewicza Culture.pl. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ "Odkrywanie Olgi Poznańskiej". Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "Boznańska, Olga". Retrieved 4 May 2020.
External links
- Paweł Czopiński, Inspiracje sztuką Japonii w malarstwie Olgi Boznańskiej. Muzeum Okręgowe W Toruniu, 2008.
- More paintings by Olga Boznańska
- Numerous paintings by Olga Boznańska including Girl with Chrysanthemums
- Boznańska, Olga at WIEM encyklopedia
- Profile of Olga Boznańska at Culture.pl
- Chronological list of paintings by Olga Boznańska
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