Zofia ALBINOWSKA-MINKIEWICZOWA (1886-1971), "Carnations in a Vase".

oil, plywood, 29 x 37.5 cm,
signed l.d.: Zofia Albinowska
Painting after conservation.

Painter and graphic artist. She began studying painting in Vienna in 1901 at Heindrich Strehblow's private school and from 1902 studied at the school of Franz Hohenberg and Ferdinand Kruis. From 1906 to 1909 she stayed in Paris studying at the Academie Colarossi and then at the École Nationale supérieure des Beaux Arts. During this period she traveled extensively to England, Belgium, Holland and Italy. From 1909 to 1912 she studied again in Vienna, then moved to Lviv. Her early work is dominated by portraits and later her main interests are still lifes - various flowers and stylish interiors.