Konrad Krzyżanowski, portrait of Michalina Krzyżanowska, 1915, oil on canvas, National Museum in Warsaw
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Michalina Krzyżanowska

ID: OS-011223-P/194620

Michalina Krzyżanowska

First name:

Michalina

Last Name:

Krzyżanowska

Parents:

Franciszek Piotruszewski i Maria z domu Andrzeykowicz

Date of birth:

03-09-1883

Place of birth:

Warszawa

Date of death:

16-07-1962

Place od death:

Warszawa

Age:

78

Profession:

painter

Honours and awards:

Złoty Krzyż Zasługi (1934)

Biography:

Michalina Krzyżanowska (1883-1962), born in Warsaw, daughter of Franciszek Piotruszewski and Maria, née Andrzeykowicz, painter. She was educated privately, then at the Warsaw School of Fine Arts under Konrad Krzyżanowski, whom she married. She graduated in 1909 and later developed her skills in Paris, studying at the Académie Ranson under Maurice Denis. After 1922, she actively exhibited at home and abroad. During the occupation, she was active in the underground and was arrested and imprisoned in 1953. She worked in the Expressionist movement, mainly landscapes.

Publication:

31.05.2023

Last updated:

02.11.2025
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Konrad Krzyżanowski, portrait of Michalina Krzyżanowska, 1915, oil on canvas, National Museum in Warsaw

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