Augusta Kochanowska
{{Short description|Polish painter and illustrator}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Augusta Kochanowska
| image = File:Августа Кохановська.jpg
| native_name = Кохановська Августа Йосипівна
| other_names = Auguste Kochanowska, Augusta Yosypivna Kokhanovska
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1868|07|06|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sadhora, Duchy of Bukovina (now Ukraine)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1927|12|07|1868|07|06|df=y}}
| death_place = Torun, Poland
| education =
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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.{{Cite web|last=Chekhovsky|first=Igor|date=2012-08-08|title=Наш "маленький Відень" - Україна Incognita|trans-title=Our "little Vienna", the Phenomenon of Chernivtsi|url=http://incognita.day.kyiv.ua/nash-malenkij-viden.html&usg=ALkJrhhBuBlw5-KoaDU3QYedDGiA46QVbw|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-05|website=Ukraine Incognita|publisher=JSC Ukrainian Media Group|language=Ukrainian}} 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.{{Cite web|last=Vyshnevska|first=Maria|date=2013-08-14|title=First female artist in Bukovyna|url=https://day.kyiv.ua/en/article/time-out/first-female-artist-bukovyna|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811101418/https://day.kyiv.ua/en/article/time-out/first-female-artist-bukovyna |archive-date=2020-08-11 |access-date=|website=|publisher=Time Out}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Auguste Kochanowska|url=https://www.bukowina-portal.de/de/ct/509-Auguste-Kochanowska|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515090826/https://www.bukowina-portal.de/de/ct/509-Auguste-Kochanowska |archive-date=2021-05-15 |access-date=2020-08-05|website=Digital topography of multicultural Bukovina}}
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.
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Augusta Kochanowska}}
- [http://www.artnet.com/artists/augusta-kochanowska/ Augusta Kochanowska] on ArtNet.com
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Category:Polish women painters
Category:University of Applied Arts Vienna alumni
Category:19th-century Polish painters
Category:Artists from Austria-Hungary
Category:People from the Duchy of Bukovina
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