Bronislawa RYCHTER-JANOWSKA (1868-1953), "Interesting reading," 1923

oil, cardboard, 34.5 x 49.5 cm,
Signed l.d.: B. Rychter-Janowska 1923
On the back two stickers, the first printed with the text in ink: Author: Janowska Rychter Bronisława / Title: Interesting reading / Date sent: 1/XII 1923; second sticker TZSP in Warsaw, printed with text in ink: Salon Doroczny 1923/24 / Author: Bronia Rychter Janowska / Title of work: Interesująca lektura / Type of work: oil / Price: three hundred Swiss francs (300 fr. szw.) / Signature: Bronisława Rychter Janowska / Kraków Dunajewskiego 1. 4.
Image reproduced from a black and white archival photograph in: B. Podgórski, "In search of beauty. Bronisława Rychter-Janowska 1868-1953", Kraków, 2015, il. s. 101

Painter, she was educated at the Munich academy (1898-1901), continued her studies at the Florence academy and in Rome, as well as in Cracow under J. Stanislawski. From 1909 to 1910 she ran a painting school in Stary Sacz. She painted small-scale landscapes, views of Polish manor houses, their stylish interiors, still lifes and portraits.