Emilia KNAUSÓWNA

BRZEG MORZA Oil, canvas on cardboard; 29 x 19 cm Signed l.d.: E. Knausówna

Asking price 1000

Estimate 1200 - 1500

Emilia KNAUSÓWNA

1883 Kraków - 1924 Kraków

In 1898-1901 she attended the T. Certowiczówna school of painting for women, where she took lessons from J. Malczewski, J. Stanislawski, Wł. Tetmajer. In 1904 she studied painting privately with J. Malczewski. She traveled in Italy, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. She was a member of the Zero group and the Circle of Polish Women Artists in Cracow. In 1914-15 she worked in Vienna. She painted in oil, pastel and watercolor techniques most often landscapes, portraits but also flowers. She exhibited her works many times: at the Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Cracow, the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw, the Krywult Salon, Lviv, as well as Odesa and Vienna.