Zofia Stryjeńska

1891–1976 · Poland

Zofia Stryjeńska, a leading Polish Art Deco artist, famously disguised herself as a man to study at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts in 1911.

ABOUT

Zofia Stryjeńska (née Lubańska; 13 May 1891 – 28 February 1976) was a Polish painter, graphic designer, illustrator, stage designer, and a representative of art deco. Along with Olga Boznańska and Tamara de Lempicka, she was one of the best-known Polish women artists of the interwar period. In the 1930s she was nominated for the prestigious Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature, but declined the offer. == Biography == Stryjeńska was the oldest of 6 children of Fr…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Divisions I 1925 · National Museum in Warsaw Seasons. November-December (Procession I – with a stag) 1925 · National Museum in Warsaw Seasons. January-February (Procession II – with horses) 1925 · National Museum in Warsaw July–August 1925 · National Museum in Warsaw Fire 1928 · National Museum in Warsaw Water 1928 · National Museum in Warsaw

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Władysław SkoczylasPolish Woodcut Revival Stanisław Ignacy WitkiewiczFormism Jacek MalczewskiSymbolism Wojciech WeissYoung Poland

Influenced

Maria JaremaPolish Avant-Garde Tadeusz MakowskiPost-Impressionism Jan CybisColorism (Kapists)

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