Olga Boznanska
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Olga Boznańska was a Polish
painter
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Daughter of railway engineer
Adam Nowina Boznański and Eugenia Mondan. Boznańska learned drawing
from Józef Siedlecki and Kazimierz Pochwalski and studied at the Adrian Baraniecki School for Women. From 1886-1890 she studied in private schools of Karl Kricheldorf and Wilhelm Dürr in Munich
. From then on she devoted herself mostly to portrait
s, still lifes and occasionally landscape
s. In 1898 she moved to Paris. Her most famous portrait of a child Girl with Chrysanthemums fascinated her contemporaries by its symbolist
atmosphere and psychological insight.
Boznańska received the French Legion of Honour in 1912, the Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Academic Literature in 1936 and in 1938 she was awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta
.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
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Daughter of railway engineer
Engineer
An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...
Adam Nowina Boznański and Eugenia Mondan. Boznańska learned drawing
Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
from Józef Siedlecki and Kazimierz Pochwalski and studied at the Adrian Baraniecki School for Women. From 1886-1890 she studied in private schools of Karl Kricheldorf and Wilhelm Dürr in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
. From then on she devoted herself mostly to portrait
Portrait
thumb|250px|right|Portrait of [[Thomas Jefferson]] by [[Rembrandt Peale]], 1805. [[New-York Historical Society]].A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness,...
s, still lifes and occasionally landscape
Landscape
Landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including the physical elements of landforms such as mountains, hills, water bodies such as rivers, lakes, ponds and the sea, living elements of land cover including indigenous vegetation, human elements including different forms of...
s. In 1898 she moved to Paris. Her most famous portrait of a child Girl with Chrysanthemums fascinated her contemporaries by its symbolist
Symbolism (arts)
Symbolism was a late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts. In literature, the style had its beginnings with the publication Les Fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire...
atmosphere and psychological insight.
Boznańska received the French Legion of Honour in 1912, the Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Academic Literature in 1936 and in 1938 she was awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta
Polonia Restituta
The Order of Polonia Restituta is one of Poland's highest Orders. The Order can be conferred for outstanding achievements in the fields of education, science, sport, culture, art, economics, defense of the country, social work, civil service, or for furthering good relations between countries...
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