Władysława AUGUSTYNOWICZ-DĄBROWSKA, Portrait of a young girl

oil, cardboard, 38 x 48.5 cm, signed l.d.: Dąbrowska 1930. On the reverse a fragment of a nude.

Cracow painter, she studied art in Vienna and in Cracow under Jan Rubczak, Zbigniew Pronaszko, Jerzy Fedkowicz and Konstanty Laszczka. She was the only woman member of the "Jednoróg" Art Association, to which she was invited by Axentowicz and Rubczak. In the association she met her later husband Stanislaw Dabrowski. She and her husband had a double studio, located on the third floor of their house. They organized artists' balls there, the proceeds of which went to build the Artists' House on Lobzowska Street. She was also a member of the Polish Artists' Union in Cracow. Her painting legacy includes mainly portraits, landscapes, genre compositions, as well as tapestry designs. She has exhibited her works both at home and abroad.