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ZAWADZK1 | ZBIGNIEWICZOWA
517
1583.
Portrait of Stanislaw Ursyn-Rusiecki, 1932
Oil on canvas, 90 x 72
Signed and dated top right StZawadzki. 1932.
Inv. no MNK II-b-201 (75 496)
Gift of Stanislaw Ursyn-Rusiecki, 1935
Stanislaw Rusiecki (Ursyn-Rusiecki) (1862-
1944) was an art collector, who was also
engaged in historical research, investigating
especially the past of the Fla wit family. He
enriched the collection inherited from his father
with numerous acquisitions. He possessed,
among other things, the greatest collection of
glass in Poland. He also collected paintings,
engravings, drawings, silverware and ceramics.
He donated the greater part of his collection to
the National Museum in Warsaw. He belonged
to the Society for the Protection of Historic
Monuments in Warsaw.
Irena ZBIGNIEWICZOWA (SERDA-ZBIGNIEWICZOWA) BM
Bom in Tamow in 1863 — Died in Cracow in 1954
In the years 1884 -1885 she began her artistic training at the Adrian Baraniecki Higher Courses for
Women in Cracow, under the tutorship of Antoni Piotrowski. At the course she made friends with
Olga Boznariska. Around 1886 she left for Munich, where she continued her studies of painting
under Karl Krichendorf and Wilhelm Durr. In 1894 she stayed in Vienna; next, in Olga Boznariska’s
company she left for Paris to complete her education. She returned to Poland around 1899,
married the medical doctor Jan Zbigniewicz and settled down in Tamow, where she taught painting.
In 1932 she moved to Cracow. She belonged to the Artistic Association of Women.
She painted portraits, landscapes, still lifes and religious compositions.
1584.
Self-portrait, [ca. 1900]
Oil on canvas, 98 x 72
Signed bottom right Irena Serda-Zbigniewicz
Inv. no MNK II-b-229 (77 254)
Gift of the author, 1946
517
1583.
Portrait of Stanislaw Ursyn-Rusiecki, 1932
Oil on canvas, 90 x 72
Signed and dated top right StZawadzki. 1932.
Inv. no MNK II-b-201 (75 496)
Gift of Stanislaw Ursyn-Rusiecki, 1935
Stanislaw Rusiecki (Ursyn-Rusiecki) (1862-
1944) was an art collector, who was also
engaged in historical research, investigating
especially the past of the Fla wit family. He
enriched the collection inherited from his father
with numerous acquisitions. He possessed,
among other things, the greatest collection of
glass in Poland. He also collected paintings,
engravings, drawings, silverware and ceramics.
He donated the greater part of his collection to
the National Museum in Warsaw. He belonged
to the Society for the Protection of Historic
Monuments in Warsaw.
Irena ZBIGNIEWICZOWA (SERDA-ZBIGNIEWICZOWA) BM
Bom in Tamow in 1863 — Died in Cracow in 1954
In the years 1884 -1885 she began her artistic training at the Adrian Baraniecki Higher Courses for
Women in Cracow, under the tutorship of Antoni Piotrowski. At the course she made friends with
Olga Boznariska. Around 1886 she left for Munich, where she continued her studies of painting
under Karl Krichendorf and Wilhelm Durr. In 1894 she stayed in Vienna; next, in Olga Boznariska’s
company she left for Paris to complete her education. She returned to Poland around 1899,
married the medical doctor Jan Zbigniewicz and settled down in Tamow, where she taught painting.
In 1932 she moved to Cracow. She belonged to the Artistic Association of Women.
She painted portraits, landscapes, still lifes and religious compositions.
1584.
Self-portrait, [ca. 1900]
Oil on canvas, 98 x 72
Signed bottom right Irena Serda-Zbigniewicz
Inv. no MNK II-b-229 (77 254)
Gift of the author, 1946