Janina Dłuska

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Janina Dłuska

First name:

Janina

Last Name:

Dłuska

Date of birth:

1899

Place of birth:

Kursk

Date of death:

08-06-1932

Place od death:

Wilno

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Profession:

illustrator, pilot, painter, designer, decorator

Biography:

Janina Dłuska (1899-1932), born in Kursk, painter, illustrator and aviation enthusiast. She was educated in Krakow and obtained her diploma as a painter in Moscow; she also studied in Munich and Paris. She specialised in watercolour portraits, collaborating with fashion magazines including Vogue, Die Dame and Ivy. During the Polish-Bolshevik War she served as a nurse in the Women's Voluntary Legion. In 1931, she settled in Vilnius, where she was active in the Vilnius Aeroclub. She died on 8 June 1932 in a plane crash on Porubank. She is laid to rest in the Bernardine Cemetery in Vilnius.

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16.11.2025

Last updated:

16.11.2025

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Black and white portrait of a woman with short hair, wearing a dark coat with fur collar.

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