The Portrait of an Italian Woman by Olga Boznanska Exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 1938: New Elements from a Stylistic and Archival Perspective

• Authors: Olga Piccolo
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This targeted stylistic, bibliographical, and archival investigation casts a major light on a relevant portrait of a woman by the Polish painter Olga Boznan­ska, highlighting its rich exhibition and collection. The recent appearance in a Polish auction of a similar painting by Boznanska leads to the hypothesis that the subject of the painting-whose identity still remains a mystery-is the same in both paintings.

Keywords

EN

Olga Boznanska; art history; Polish art; history of collecting; archival research; Venice Biennale; Giovanni Finazzi Collection; National Museum in Krakow

• Publisher: Akademia Ignatianum w Krakowie
• Journal: Perspektywy Kultury
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 211-228

Dates

published

2020-12-20

Contributors

author

Olga Piccolo

References

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Identifiers

DOI

10.35765/pk.2020.3003.14