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Maria Dulębianka

Maria Dulębianka was a Polish painter, opinion journalist, writer, activist and feminist (1861–1919). She was born in Kraków and died in Lviv.

Maria Dulębianka

Semper fidelis. Obrona Lwowa w obrazach współczesnych ( https://www.sbc.org.pl/publication/20398 ), p. 167 · Public domain

Identity

Maria Dulębianka studied at University of Applied Arts Vienna and Académie Julian. Training under Jan Matejko, Leopold Horovitz and Wojciech Gerson is recorded. The recorded working language is Polish.

The field of work recorded is women's rights.

Work by Maria Dulębianka is recorded in the collections of National Museum in Warsaw and National Museum in Kraków.

Distinctions recorded are Cross of Independence and Honorary Medal of the Polish Red Cross.

Maria Dulębianka is recorded as having received Cross of Independence and Honorary Medal of the Polish Red Cross.

Portret z z książki Cecylii Walewskiej "W walce o równe prawa: nasze bojownice" z 1930 roku, rozdział o Dulębiance. Archiwum Polona (Biblioteka Narodowa).

Portret z z książki Cecylii Walewskiej "W walce o równe prawa: nasze bojownice" z 1930 roku, rozdział o Dulębiance. Archiwum Polona (Biblioteka Narodowa).

Autor nieznany · Archiwum Polona, Biblioteka Narodowa https://polona.pl/item/w-walce-o-rowne-prawa-nasze-bojownice,MTc4NjQ0NjA/155/#item

Dated record

Life and career

Explore 1861–1919

  1. 1861

    Life

    Maria Dulębianka was born in 1861 at Kraków.

  2. 1896

    Institution

    Portrait of Maria Konopnicka (1842–1910) (National Museum in Warsaw).

  3. 1919

    Life

    Maria Dulębianka died in 1919 at Lviv.

The full dated record · 3 entries
  1. 1861

    Maria Dulębianka was born in 1861 at Kraków.

  2. 1896

    Portrait of Maria Konopnicka (1842–1910) (National Museum in Warsaw).

  3. 1919

    Maria Dulębianka died in 1919 at Lviv.

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  • Kraków
Birth
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  • Lviv

    Death place

Where the work is held

Recognition and collections

Maria Dulębianka received Cross of Independence and Honorary Medal of the Polish Red Cross.

Catalogued output

Catalogued works

  • Portrait of Maria Konopnicka (1842–1910)

    1896 · National Museum in Warsaw. Sea, held by National Museum in Kraków

Literature

Literature

„O twórczości kobiet”.

  • Maria Dulębianka (1858–1919) jako edukatorka i teoretyczka sztuki, Artifex Novus, 2024

  • Karolina i Dulębianka

  • Autorskie strategie biograficzne w Samotnicy

  • Dwóch życiach Marii Dulębianki Karoliny Dzimiry-Zarzyckiej*, Postscriptum Polonistyczne, 2024

Literature

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Maria Dulębianka studied at University of Applied Arts Vienna and Académie Julian. She trained under Jan Matejko, Leopold Horovitz, Wojciech Gerson and William-Adolphe Bouguereau.

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