1913–2004 Painter and poet. A leading representative of Sur- realism in Polish art. She worked in paintings, assemblages, drawings, objects and art books. She has published seven books of poems, including “Ślad” (1972) and “Spoza granic mowy” (1976). She studied at the Frauen Akademie in Vienna (1932–34) and the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków (1934–1936). Associated with the II Kraków Group, Krzysztofory Gallery in Kraków and the Krzywe Koło Gallery in Warsaw. She took part in the “Złote Grono” Symposia in Zielona Góra and the “The Plein Air” in Osieki. Winner of the Cyprian Kamil Norwid Award (1976) and the Jan Cybis Award (1996 ).

Works in collections i.a.: National Museums in Warsaw, Wrocław and Krakow, Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, Zachęta – National Gallery of Art in Warsaw, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Museum of J. Malczewski in Radom.

Selected exhibitions: Exhibitions of Modern Art (Krakow 1948-49, Warsaw 1957, 1959); Krzywe Koło Gallery, Warsaw (1958); Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw (1967); Xawery Dunikowski Museum of Sculpture, Warsaw (2014); The Jewish Museum in New York (2016); documenta 14, Athens and Kassel (2017); The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (2021); Tate Modern in London (2022).