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Anna Bilińska (pronounced: [ˈanna biˈliɲska] also known as Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz; 8 December 1854 – 8 April 1893) was a Polish painter, known for her portraits. A representative of realism, she spent most of her life in Paris, and is considered the "first internationally known Polish woman artist." [1]
Tekla Juniewicz (born Tekla Dadak; 10 June 1906 – 19 August 2022) was a Polish supercentenarian who, until her death at the age 116 years and 70 days, was the second oldest living person in the world (after Lucile Randon) for four months, upon the death of Kane Tanaka. [1] She is the oldest Polish person in history.
Polish Woman forms a single-figure, full-length composition that depicts a young woman standing amid a landscape, dressed in somewhat an exotic attire, consisting of long red gown with fur garment and white bonnet; it is a recurring subject that is also present in numerous paintings and drawings by Watteau such as The Coquettes and The Dreamer.
Now, using DNA, 3D printing and modelling clay, a team of scientists has reconstructed Zosia's 400-year-old face, revealing the human story buried by supernatural beliefs.
She was born on 16 June 1894 [1] [2] in Warsaw, then part of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire. [9] Her father was Boris (born Benno [10]) Gurwik-Górski, a Russian-Jewish attorney for a French trading company, [9] [11] [12] [13] and her mother was Malwina Dekler, a Polish-Jewish [14] [15] socialite who had lived most of her life abroad and who met her husband at one of the European spas. [16]
Auschwitz was established in 1940 and located in the suburbs of Oswiecim, a Polish city the Germans annexed. Between 1940 and 1945, it grew to include three main camp centers and a slew of ...
Jadwiga Szopieraj was the main subject of the book "Profession: Photographer" (Polish: Zawód: Fotografistka), by Katarzyna Gębarowska and Małgorzata Czyńska.Their work was awarded the "Łuczniczki Arrow" (Polish: Strzałą Łuczniczki) [5] at the "Bydgoszcz Literary Award 2019" (editorial category) and won as well a distinction at the 60th national "Competition of the Polish Society of ...
Daniela Szelc says she is still haunted by the screams of people and barking of dogs carrying through the night from the nearby Nazi death camp Auschwitz three-quarters of a century ago. The Nazis ...