Black Woman  1884

There are several reasons why the Portrait of a Negress (Murzynka) by Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz is an important work: it is one of the few works by the outstanding, but prematurely deceased Polish artist, and at the same time a happily recovered item lost during the wartime. Most of all, however, it constitutes an exquisite piece of painting.

 It is a tightly...