Dimensions: 29 x 24 cm (clear passe-partout)
signed, dated and described in pencil at the bottom: '5/10 La premier Cercle. 1979 Wanda Ładniewska-B.'
at the bottom the autograph dedication
Condition
framed
Biography
The artist was born in pre-war Lviv to a family of assimilated Polish Jews from a small town on the Borderlands. Together with her husband, engineer Stefan Blankenheim, she was imprisoned in Auschwitz-Birkenau and in a sub-camp in Rajsk. In 1946 she settled in France and remained here until her death in 1995. Her symbolic tombstone is in the Jewish cemetery in Cracow, while her ashes were scattered, in accordance with the artist's wishes, in the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris. Ładniewska received a careful pre-war education, which equipped her primarily with an excellent knowledge of languages and general erudition. She easily found her way around both Polish and French intellectuals, as evidenced by her good acquaintance with Tadeusz Boy-Zeleński. In addition, she studied drawing, sculpture and art history - but it is not certain whether this took place in Lviv or Paris. She exhibited many times throughout Europe: in Strasbourg, Frankfurt, London and Ravenna. She was particularly associated with the famous Galerie Lambert in Paris, run by Zofia and Kazimierz Romanowicz - from 1963 to 1984, her works were regularly shown there, in group and solo exhibitions. In 1948-89, the artist was repeatedly invited to participate in the Paris Art Salons. She also participated in the First European Triennial of Sculpture, held in Paris in 1978. She made various types of medals and medallions, including for the French Mint and the Polish Lyceum in Paris.
