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Zofia Strigenska was a Polish painter, graphic designer, illustrator, set designer and representative of Art Deco. Along with Olga Boznanska and Tamara de Webicka, she was one of the most famous Polish artists of the interwar period. In the 1930s, she was nominated for the prestigious Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature, but turned down the offer.
As a child, he often painted and sketched. Initially, he attended a craft school, then a teacher’s seminar and until 1909 Leonard Stroinowski’s private art school. In 1909 she began studying painting at the Maria Nienzielska School of Fine Arts for Women. He graduated in 1911 with degrees in painting and applied art. In 1910 she traveled with her father to Italy via Austria-Hungary, during which she visited galleries and museums in Vienna and Venice. As a young girl she worked in magazines such as “Roll” and “Voice of the People”.
On October 1, 1911, according to the relevant Wikipedia entry, he was admitted to the Munich Academy of Fine Arts, where only 40 of the approximately 200 applicants were accepted. She used the name of her brother, Tadeusz Gimala Lubanski and dressed as a boy, as at that time the academy did not accept women. After a year, her classmates began to have suspicions.
In May 1913, Gezi Varhaowski, an art critic for the Polish magazine Czas, discussed extensively about Zofia Lubanska. making her famous and starting her career.
On November 4, 1916, Zofia married Carol Strigensky, an architect of the Zakopane style. They had three children: Magda and twin boys Jacek and Jan. Strigensky introduced his wife to his friends, artists and representatives of world literature.
In the first half of the 1930s Strigenska was a forgotten artist and did not want to seek recognition. He desperately needed money, as he had sold a few paintings. Only in 1938 did he receive many orders from the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including one for a rug for Emperor Hirohito of Japan.
Went World War II to Krakow. In 1943 she discovered that she had syphilis, which affected her eyes so that at times she could not paint. After World War II, she refused to join the Communist Union of Polish Writers and fell out of favor with the regime, which systematically ignored her for years and called her insignificant.
He died in 1976 in Geneva and was buried in the local cemetery of Sene-Bour.
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