Oil, canvas; 35 x 27.5 cm
Signed p.d.: K.Librowicz
Estimate 2000 - 2200
Katherine LIBROWICZ
1912 Warsaw - 1991 Paris
Polish portrait and landscape painter, active in France. She studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts under Felicjan Szczęsny Kowarski. While still in her thirties, she went to Paris, where she studied in the studio of André Lhote, as well as at the Académie Montparnasse and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. She also came into contact with Olga Boznanska. In 1942, she married painter Dan Walck (Daniel Walcker). Since the end of the war they both lived in Paris , occupying the former studio of painter Roman Kramsztyk, the artist's cousin. She participated in the Paris Salons: Salon des Tuileries in 1939 and 1947, Salon des Independants in 1950-1952 and 1954-1960, Salon d'Automne in 1950 and 1957. She had solo exhibitions in 1961, 1972 and 1988. She painted expressive portraits, especially of children, as well as still lifes, landscapes and city views, nudes, scenes of bohemian life, the circus, etc. She maintained friendly contacts, including Andre Maurois and Paul Vialar.
