Artist

Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz

1854–1893 · born in Zlatopil · died in Warsaw

Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz was born in Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire, to a Polish family and studied in Saint Petersburg, Munich and Paris. She lived in Warsaw and was one of the first Polish women to win international acclaim as a painter. She painted portraits and scenes in a modern style. She died young, in 1893, at age 39.