Creator Record
Metadata
Name |
Pokrzywnicka, Irena |
Other names |
Irena Pokrzywnicka Borowska |
Dates & places of birth and death |
1897-1975 |
Nationality |
Polish |
Occupation |
Painter |
Notes |
Od 1914 r. eksponowa?a swe prace w warszawskim TZSP. W 1922 r. wst?pi?a do Stowarzyszenia Artystów Polskich "Rytm"; uczestniczy?a w wi?kszo?ci wystaw ugrupowania prezentuj?c rysunki, ilustracje i obrazy olejne. Pod koniec lat 1920. przebywa?a g?ównie w Pary?u, gdzie wesz?a w sk?ad Ko?a Artystów Polskich. Uczestniczy?a zarazem w krajowym ?yciu wystawienniczym nadsy?aj?c prace na Salony IPS i PWK w Poznaniu (1929). Bra?a ponadto udzia? w ekspozycjach kobiet artystek: Les Femmes Artistes d'Europe (Jeu de Paume, Paris 1937), II Mi?dzynarodowa Wystawa Plastyczek (IPS, Warszawa 1934). Zajmowa?a si? ilustrowaniem czasopism i ksi??ek; jako dyktatorka mody w Warszawie wspó?pracowa?a z czasopismami "?wiat", "Pani" i "Tygodnik Ilustrowany". W Pary?u zwi?zana by?a z firm? Jeanne Lanvin. Projektowa?a tak?e kostiumy teatralne. |
Relationships |
Waclaw Borowski - husband Zofia Stryjenska - close friend |
Places of residence |
Po zako?czeniu 2 wojny osiad?a pocz?tkowo we Francji, pó?niej w Anglii. |
Role |
Artist |
Titles & Honors |
Za heroiczn? walk? w Powstaniu Warszawskim otrzyma?a Z?oty Krzy? Zas?ugi z Mieczami |
Education |
Studia artystyczne odby?a w warszawskiej Szkole Sztuk Pi?knych pod kierunkiem Konrada Krzy?anowskiego. Swój warsztat malarski doskonali?a w Pary?u i Rzymie. |
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Bouquet in Vase [Bukiet w Wazonie] - Pokrzywnicka, Irena
Medium sized painting of a still life, vase with a bouquet of flowers and a few pieces of fruit in the bottom right hand corner. In the middle of the painting stands a white vase on a teal table. The flowers in the vase are round balls of orange and yellow with some red and white peeping between the teal-green greenery. In the bottom right hand corner of the painting are some loose fruits - grapes, yellow pears and an orange.
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Bouquet of Flowers [Bukiet kwiatow] - Pokrzywnicka, Irena
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Fall, from the series: Four Seasons [Jesien, z cyklu: Cztery pory roku] - Pokrzywnicka, Irena
A large painting, the second in a series of four, of a woman named Fall. The figure has a smile on her face and looks straight ahead from the painting. Her left hand is held gently next to her face and her right hand holds a basket full of fruit. She has on a green hat and a pink dress that poofs out from the waist.
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Lady with Flowers [Dama z kwiatami] - Pokrzywnicka, Irena
Portrait of a woman with short hair and a white hat. She is wearing a large pink coat with large white trim along the neck and wrists. In her right hand she holds two flowers and two her left a large grey vase with assorted (mostly pink) flowers. The background is gray.
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Roses [Roze] - Pokrzywnicka, Irena
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Spring, from the series: Four Seasons [Wiosna, z cyklu: Cztery pory roku] - Pokrzywnicka, Irena
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Summer, from the series: Four Seasons [Lato, z cyklu: Cztery pory roku] - Pokrzywnicka, Irena
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Winter, from the series: Four Seasons [Zima, z cyklu: Cztery pory roku] - Pokrzywnicka, Irena
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