Bronisława Rychter-Janowska, ITALIAN LANDSCAPE, 1911

23,5 x 35,8 cm - oil, cardboard signed p.d.: DR EDMUNDOWI MEISELSOWI | NA PAMIĘTKA NAJMILSZYCH | DNI WE WŁOSZECH (1911) | BR RYCHTER-JANOWSKA

On the reverse in pencil framing notations.

Bronislawa Rychter-Janowska (Krakow 1868 - Krakow 1953) - an artist known as the "painter of vanishing Polish manor houses", began her study of painting in Krakow under her brother, painter Stanislaw Janowski, and at the courses of A. Baraniecki. Ludwik Boller (a Munich painter, working on Panorama of the Tatra Mountains at the time) also gave her private lessons. In 1896 she went to Munich for further studies and studied with Anton Ažbé and Simon Hollósy. She traveled extensively, still going to Hungary and Italy, where she studied further at the Florence Academy and in Rome. Initially associated with Krakow, she settled in Stary Sącz around 1906, where she ran a private painting school for some time. In 1917 she returned to Cracow. She continued to travel extensively, going "in search of beauty" to Italy, North Africa or Turkey. She painted in oil, watercolor, pastel, made macatas and appliqués. Starting in 1901, she repeatedly showed her works at exhibitions in Krakow, Warsaw, Lviv , Prague, Vienna, Rome, Venice, Florence. She painted numerous landscapes (including many Italian landscapes), views and interiors of manor houses or churches, scenes of village life, and portraits. She was active in journalism and literary works (including the novel Beyond Rome, the novella Strzygoń); she wrote several dramas (Monk, Parasite) and extensive Memoirs. She was the wife of painter Tadeusz Rychter and sister-in-law of Gabriela Zapolska.