SOPOĆKO-Wąsowicz Maria (1896 - 1987), Woman from Podhale from the village of Rzepiska in Orava costume.

Woman from Podhale from the village of Rzepiska in Orava costume.

Watercolor / paper, signed "M. Wąsowicz Sopoćko 1952". 35.5 x 25 cm (in frame behind glass: 37.5 x 27.5 cm).
Good condition. On the back an illustration of this work published in the magazine "Świat Mody" titled. "She came from an affluent family involved in Warsaw's artistic community. From 1925 she studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts - first painting, then graphic design. Her graduation thesis, defended in 1933, was a series of woodcuts depicting the port of Antwerp. After graduation, the artist taught drawing and designed costumes and sets for the school theater. She mainly created watercolors and woodcuts. Many of her works were lost during the war.