Bronisława RYCHTER-JANOWSKA, Vorokhta Orthodox Church

Oil, cardboard, 23 x 33.5 cm, signed l.d.: B. RYCHTER-JANOWSKA/ WOROCHTA. 1937. very good state of preservation.

Painter, educated at the Munich academy, where she left in 1886, she continued her studies at the Florence academy, and in Cracow with Jan Stanislawski. In 1909-1910 she ran a painting school and an amateur theater in Stary Sącz. She lived for some time in Italy. Numerous paintings depicting sights and monuments there date from this period. She traveled to France, Spain, Greece, Turkey and North Africa, from where she also brought back creative inspiration. She painted landscapes, still lifes and portraits, especially of people associated with the theater world, where she had numerous friends. She is known for her depictions of views of typical Polish manor houses with columned porches and their stylish interiors decorated with antiques, in terms of format and cardboard subpainting modeled on the works of landscape master Jan Stanislawski. She regularly exhibited her works at TPSP in Krakow, in Warsaw and Lviv galleries, and participated in exhibitions in London, Prague, Rome and Bufallo. Currently, her paintings are in the collections of national museums and in private collections.