Dimensions: 29 x 55 x 15 cm
Signed and dated: 'Olga Niewska | 1926' and foundry mark on the ski: 'BR.ŁOPIEŃSCY| WARSAW'
Prize of the Minister of Public Works for the tourist run at the International Ski Competition in Zakopane in 1927.
Sculpture created by the Lopienski Brothers company in 1926 for a government commission.
Origin
private collection, Kraków
Biography
Studied at the sculpture department of the Academy of Fine Arts from 1919 to 1923 in the studio of Konstanty Laszczka. She made her debut in 1920 with an exhibition at the Cracow Palace of Art. In the following years, she exhibited regularly at the TPSP in Cracow and at Warsaw's "Zachęta". In 1922, she showed her sculpture "Japanese" at an exhibition in Cracow. After graduation, the artist moved to Warsaw, where she had her own studio. She became famous for her sculpture of Marshal Jozef Pilsudski (1926). In 1926-28 the artist went to Paris, where she continued her studies with Emile A. Bourdelle. In addition to portrait sculpture, Niewska was inspired by sports themes (she created statues, cups as prizes in sports competitions) and animalistic themes (a gold medal for her sculpture "Pelican" at the Paris exhibition in 1937).
