Hanna Rudzka-Cybisowa
Hanna Rudzka-Cybisowa , b. Rudza (born January 27, 1897 in Mława , † February 3, 1988 in Cracow ) was a Polish painter and university teacher. She was a co-founder of the Paris Committee and married to Jan Cybis .
Life
In 1917 Rudza began her art education at the Warsaw Art School (Polish: "Szkole Sztuk Pięknych") under Miłosz Kotarbiński . From 1921 she studied at the Art Academy in Cracow under Ignacy Pieńkowski and Józef Pankiewicz . In 1923 she was one of the students with whom Pankiewicz founded the "Paris Committee" in Krakow. The following year she moved to the branch of the Krakow Academy in Paris. In 1930 she took part in the first exhibition of the “Kapisten” in the Parisian “Galerie Zak” with her own works, and the next year in the “Galerie Moos” in Geneva . In the same year it was shown in a Kapist exhibition in Warsaw.
From 1931 to 1933 she lived in Krakow, then again in Paris until 1939, where she had her first solo exhibition in the “Galerie Renaissance”. From 1937 to 1939 she taught teachers at the grammar school in Krzemieniec . In 1945 she was the first woman to be offered a professorship at the art academy in Krakow, headed by Eugeniusz Eibisch , where she was appointed dean for painting in 1960 . She taught until 1967. From 1948 to 1950 she was the chairman of the Cracow office of the Association of Polish Visual Artists ZPAP .
After the Second World War , Rudzka-Cybisowa exhibited at the International Exhibition of Contemporary Art at UNESCO in Paris in 1946 and at shows of Polish painting in New York City (1969), Chicago and Washington, DC (1969/70). In 1971 a retrospective was dedicated to her in the National Museum in Poznan . The artist received many awards, including the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta in 1964, the first class award for life's work from the Polish Ministry of Culture and Art in 1965 and second place at the Grand Prix International d'Art Contemporain in Monte Carlo in 1966 .
References and comments
- ↑ Miłosz Kotarbiński (1854–1944) was a Polish painter, graphic artist, poet and singer
- ↑ a b c Irena Kossowska, Art Institute of the Polish Science Academy ( Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk ), detailed biography at Culture.pl , March 2002 (in Polish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rudzka-Cybisowa, Hanna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rudza, Hanna (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish painter and university teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mława |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd February 1988 |
| Place of death | Krakow |