OLEJNIK Janka, Portrait of a Lady with White Fur and Pearl Necklace

oil, canvas
84. 8 x 64. 5 cm
signed and dated lower right with red: Olejnik
good state of conservation
 

OLEJNIK Janka (Nagykanisza, Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1887 - Baia Mare, 1954)
Artistic education: Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest (1909 - 1913)
Baia Mare Art Colony (1927)
She settles in Baia Mare and regularly participates in the colonists' exhibitions even after the Second World War.
Between 1929 and 1932, she opened personal exhibitions in Satu Mare.
She paints several paintings on the shores of the Black Sea, in the colony of Balchik, around 1934.
Her works appear with rare frequency in the cultural circuit, some can be seen in the National Art Gallery, Budapest.
She mainly painted landscapes and portraits and was also involved in ex-libris art.

Bibliography: Jenö Murádin, Poduri suspendate, Stefan Blasko Ed., Baia Mare, 2015