Olga Boznańska (15 April 1865 – 26 October 1940) was a Polish painter who was stylistically associated with the French impressionism, though she rejected this label.

Early life

Boznańska was born in Kraków during foreign partitions of Poland. She was the daughter of Adam Nowina Boznański, (from a noble Polish family but influenced by positivism to take up work as a railway engineer) and teacher Eugénie née Mondan originally from Valence, France.

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, then with Józef Siedlecki, Kazimierz Pochwalski and Antoni Piotrowski between 1883-6. She then studied at the Adrian Baraniecki School for Women. and joined the Polish Society of Literature and Art (Polskie Towarzystwo Literacko-Artystyczne). Boznańska received the French Legion of Honour in 1912, the Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature in 1936, the Grand Prix at the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques la Vie Moderne in 1937, Her paintings can be found in the National Museums in Wrocław, Kraków, Poznań and Warsaw as well as Musée d'Orsay in Paris and Ca' Pesaro – International Gallery of Modern Art in Venice.

She died in Paris at the age of 75.

See also

  • Culture of Poland
  • List of Polish painters

References

  • 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