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In this portrait, Anna is shown wearing typical mourning dress, with what may be a black feather fan resting on her lap. In 1884, Anna’s father had died leaving her impoverished. A year later her fiancé too died. In deep despair she travelled round France sketching and painting landscapes. After marrying in 1892 she had plans to set up an art school for women in Warsaw but died tragically young of heart disease, so her dream was never realised.
Victoria Art Gallery
Bath
Title
Anna Bilinska (1857–1893)
Date
1884
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 128 x W 90.7 cm
Accession number
BATVG : P : 1945.18
Acquisition method
gift from Helen Lavinia Cochrane, 1945
Work type
Painting
Victoria Art Gallery
Bridge Street, Bath, Somerset BA2 4AT England
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