Irena Weissowa (1888-1981), Landscape from the vicinity of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska

oil, cardboard, 62 x 46 cm,
Signed l.d.: Aneri.
On the reverse side, stamp of R. Aleksandrowicz's painting supplies store.

Painter, studied at the Warsaw School of Fine Arts under Konrad Krzyzanowski, and briefly trained in Munich under Szymon Hollósy. After returning to Poland, she continued her education in Cracow at courses taught by Wojciech Weiss, whom she married in 1908. Together with her husband, she traveled extensively abroad, and during her stay in Vienna she took up studies at the Kunstgewerbeschule (1914). She visited Venice and was often on the Côte d'Azur. The artist took part in exhibitions of TAP "Sztuka", the Lviv TPSP, she presented her works at the First Exhibition of Polish Women Artists in 1930 in Bydgoszcz. In the 1960s she became interested in mosaics. She painted landscapes, still lifes and flowers. Views from the Kalwaria area are distinguished by the gentle beauty of the surrounding hills and expansive fields, and above all the muted, subdued colors.