Olga Niewska
Illustration — Niewska's sculpture "Kąpiąca się (Bathing)" in Skaryszewski Park, Warsaw Olga Niewska (28 May 1898 – 25 May 1943) was a Polish sculptor who competed in the art competitions at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics.
Olga Niewska

"As. Ilustrowany Magazyn Tygodniowy” nr 43, z dn. 25 X 1936, s. 2 · Public domain
- Born
- 1898 · Kharkiv.
- Died
- 1943 · Warsaw.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Poland
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Fields
- art of sculpture
- Education
- Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow
- Known for
- Bathing Girl
- Languages
- Polish
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Illustration — Niewska's sculpture "Kąpiąca się (Bathing)" in Skaryszewski Park, Warsaw Olga Niewska (28 May 1898 – 25 May 1943) was a Polish sculptor who competed in the art competitions at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics.
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Olga Niewska studied at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. The recorded working language is Polish. The field of work recorded is art of sculpture. Works named in the authority record are Bathing Girl. Work by Olga Niewska is recorded in the collections of National Museum in Wrocław.
Niewska was born in Kharkiv in Ukraine in 1898 and after completing school she then studied at the Kiev School of Painting in 1919. She studied under Konstanty Laszczka when she created busts of the socialist politician Ignacy Daszyński and the painter Feliks Stanisław Jasiński. In 1923, she moved to Warsaw before moving on to Paris where she studied with the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle from 1926 to 1928. She also produced a statue of Stanisława Walasiewicz (also known as Stella Walsh), In 1928 she married, and at the annual exhibition at the Salon of the Polish Artists Union in Warsaw, her sculpture was awarded the "Warsaw Prize for the Year 1928". In September 1929 her bathing sculpture was unveiled in Paderewski's park. During the next decade, she was productive and successful. She created both medallions and sculptures. Shortly before the war, she created a portrait of the actor Stefan Jaracz which is considered one of her best. She died in 1943.
Grób rzeźbiarki Olgi Niewskiej na Cmentarzu ewangelicko-reformowanym w Warszawie
Mateusz Opasiński

Rakowice Cemetery, Tomb of Ignacy Daszyński (Polish politician), 26 Rakowicka street, Kraków, Poland
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1898
Olga Niewska was born on 28 May 1898.
1943
Olga Niewska died on 25 May 1943.
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