Maria Magdalena Łubieńska

Maria Magdalena Łubieńska, also known as Countess Łubieńska (1833–1920) was a Polish artist and educator, of noble descent.[1]

Maria Magdalena Łubieńska

About

She was born in 1833 to business man Henryk Łubieński and his wife Irena (née Potocki).[1] She was home educated.[1] She was the age of 22 she was married to her cousin Paweł Łubieński, as his second wife and together they had five children.[1] She worked painting in watercolors and oils, as well as drawing.[1] It was common for Polish noble women at the time to learn skills like art making, however most ended the practice after marriage unless there were life circumstances that forced it as a livelihood.[2]

She founded the School of Drawing and Painting, in operations between 1867 and until approx. 1910.[1] Her school became famous for the production of stained glass, which was often installed in Gothic Revival churches in the Kingdom of Poland, but also in other partitions and in the depths of Russia.[1]

She died in 1920.

See also

References
  1. "Maria Magdalena Łubieńska (1833–1920) – artystka wyemancypowana". Sacrum et Decorum (in Polish). University of Rzeszów. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  2. Narcyza Żmichowska, Letters, vol. IV. B. Winklowa. 2009. p. 16.
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