Janina Nowotnowa (1881 Tarnów - 1963 Kraków), Pansies in a glass vase

Biography
Painter and graphic artist, associated with the Krakow and Lviv artistic circles. She first learned painting at the Baraniecki courses in Cracow, and then at the State Industrial School in Lviv; she studied graphics under Ludwik Tyrowicz. She made artistic trips to Vienna, Lausanne, Paris and Prague. She was a member of the Association of Polish Women Painters in Lviv, the Association of Polish Graphic Artists in Cracow, and the Association of Lviv Artists. She participated in numerous exhibitions, including those at TPSP in Krakow, ZPAP in Krakow, TPSP in Lviv, TZSP in Warsaw. The subject of her works were atmospheric cityscapes, studies of flowers and animals, usually with decorative shots, developed with great attention to the technical side. The artist liked to combine the theme of landscape and still life in compositions depicting flowers or fruit on the window sill. Of graphic techniques, she practiced linocut, woodcut, mezzotint and drypoint. Favorite subjects in her graphic works were views of Lviv, Cracow, Biecz, Sanok, Lovarna, Gdansk, Paris, Venice and Prague. Critics often emphasized her technical skill, her penchant for decorativeness and the influence of Wladyslaw Skoczylas's graphics on her work. Her works are in the collections of: Historical Museum of the City of Cracow, National Museum in Cracow, Lviv Picture Gallery.