Ilka KUCZYÑSKA-FESSLER (1871-?), "Still Life with Flowers".

oil, canvas, 54 x 61.5 cm,
Signature p.d.: I. Kuczyńska.
On the back on the loom signature in pencil: Ilka Kuczynska and a sticker with typewritten text: Ilka Kuczynska, VII., Neubaugürtel No. 4 / (in ink) "Blumenstilleben" kr. 1,000.000.-

Polish artist born in Vienna, representative of Viennese Jugendstil. In 1924 she exhibited her works - flowers and still lifes - at the Austrian Artists' Association, and took part in exhibitions devoted to women's art in 1924 (the second annual exhibition of the Artists' Association) and in 1930 ("200 Years of Women's Art in Austria").