| Zofia Szymanowska–Lenartowicz | |
|---|---|
 Self-portrait (1855), oil on canvas (from the Warsaw National Museum) | |
| Born | Zofia Szymanowska 21 December 1825 Otwock, Congress Kingdom of Poland (now Poland) |
| Died | 8 July 1870(1870-07-08) (aged 44) Miłosław, Second Polish Republic (now Poland) |
| Burial place | Miłosław, Poland |
| Occupation(s) | Painter, poet, musician |
| Spouse | Teofil Lenartowicz (m. 1861–1870; her death) |
| Children | 1 |
Zofia Szymanowska–Lenartowicz (21 December 1825 – 8 July 1870) was a Polish painter, musician, and poet. She painted many portraits of the Mickiewicz family, and Adam Mickiewicz.
Biography
Zofia Szymanowska was born on 21 December 1825, in Otwock, Congress Kingdom of Poland (now Poland). She was the daughter of Józef Szymanowski (1785–1832) and his second wife, Elżbieta (née Młodzianowska, 1791–1847), her family was ennobled Jewish Frankists.
She was a half-sister of Celina Szymanowska, who was married to poet Adam Mickiewicz. Szymanowska–Lenartowicz had lived with the Mickiewicz family in Paris from 1850 until 1855, and helped with their childcare. She was educated in Dresden and in Paris, and in the studio of Ary Scheffer, and Aleksander Lesser.
In 1861, she married poet Teofil Lenartowicz in Florence, Italy, with whom she had a son Jan (John) who died shortly after his birth in 1864.
She died after struggling with pneumonia on 8 July 1870, in Miłosław, Poland. Her artwork can be found in the collections at the Warsaw National Museum, and the National Museum in Kraków.
References
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- The Polish Review. Vol. 34. Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America. 1989. p. 339.
- ^ Polonsky, Antony (1986). Polin: A Journal of Polish-Jewish Studies. Basil Blackwell for the Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-631-17624-4 – via Google Books.
- "Autoportret Szymanowska-Lenartowicz, Zofia (1825–1870) - malarz". Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie (MNW) (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- "Portrait of Adam Mickiewicz's Sons, Aleksander and Jan Gwalbert". Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-01-04.