Dimensions: 29 x 20 x 23 cm
Signed and dated at the base: 'Olga Niewska 1931'
Dimensions of granite pedestal: 15 x 15 x 15 cm
Literature
compare: photograph showing an analogous cast, 1930s, photo by Stanislaw Brzozowski, National Museum in Warsaw, ref. DI 92431/133 MNW
Biography
Studied at the sculpture department of the Academy of Fine Arts in the studio of Konstanty Laszczka from 1919 to 1923. She made her debut in 1920 with an exhibition at the Palace of Art in Cracow. In the following years, she exhibited regularly at the TPSP in Cracow and at Warsaw's "Zachęta". In 1922, she showed her sculpture "Japanese" at an exhibition in Cracow. After graduation, the artist moved to Warsaw, where she had her own studio. She became famous for her sculpture of Marshal Jozef Pilsudski (1926). In 1926-28 the artist went to Paris, where she continued her studies with Emile A. Bourdelle. In addition to portrait sculpture, Niewska was inspired by sports themes (she created statuettes, cups as prizes in sports competitions) and animalistic themes (a gold medal for her sculpture "Pelican" at the Paris exhibition in 1937).
