Olga Boznańska (1865-1940), Self-portrait, 1893
Pencil on paper, 40 x 35 cm / 29.5 x 25 cm
Signed, dated and inscribed "Self-Portrait Olga Boznanska/ Munchen" in the lower right corner.
The painting is framed in a wooden oval carved frame with later elements, in the upper part, which obscured the Nowina coat of arms. The Nowina coat of arms is the family coat of arms of the Boznański family.
Condition of preservation: The lower part bears traces of flooding.
Olga Boznańska (1865, Cracow - 1940, Paris) - one of the most outstanding Polish painters of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, a representative of modernism and a respected portraitist. She was educated in Krakow and Munich, and from the 1890s was mainly active in Paris. Her paintings are distinguished by a subtle, subdued color palette, soft modeling and psychological depth of the figures she portrayed. She primarily created portraits, less frequently still lifes and interior scenes. Her best-known work is Girl with Chrysanthemums (1894). Boznanska was a member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and one of the few Polish women to win recognition from European art critics.
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