Augusta Kochanowska Explained

Augusta Kochanowska
Native Name:Кохановська Августа Йосипівна
Other Names:Auguste Kochanowska, Augusta Yosypivna Kokhanovska
Birth Date:6 July 1868
Birth Place:Sadhora, Duchy of Bukovina (now Ukraine)
Death Place:Torun, Poland

Augusta Kochanowska (6 July 1868 – 7 December 1927) was a Polish artist, known for painting and illustrations.

About

Augusta Kochanowska was born on 6 July 1868 in Sadhora (Chernivtsi), Duchy of Bukovina, now Ukraine.[1] From 1894 until 1899, she studied at the University of Applied Arts Vienna (also known as Kunstgewerbeschule des KK Osterr). She lived in Chernivtsi from the period 1885 until 1920, with some breaks.[2] [3]

Her work was influenced by Ukrainian writer Olha Kobylianska, who she met in 1874. Kochanowska made numerous illustrations for her books.

In 2013, the Chernivtsi Art Museum published a catalog of the artist's life and work.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chekhovsky. Igor. 2012-08-08. Наш "маленький Відень" - Україна Incognita. Our "little Vienna", the Phenomenon of Chernivtsi. 2020-08-05. Ukraine Incognita. JSC Ukrainian Media Group. Ukrainian.
  2. Web site: Vyshnevska. Maria. 2013-08-14. First female artist in Bukovyna. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200811101418/https://day.kyiv.ua/en/article/time-out/first-female-artist-bukovyna . 2020-08-11 . Time Out.
  3. Web site: Auguste Kochanowska. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210515090826/https://www.bukowina-portal.de/de/ct/509-Auguste-Kochanowska . 2021-05-15 . 2020-08-05. Digital topography of multicultural Bukovina.