Maria Brodacka

Maria Brodacka started her art studies at Warszawa’s School of Fine Arts in 1925, amongst others under Władysław Skoczylas. Prior to her graduation in 1931, she took part in the competition selecting the Polish entries for the 1928 Olympic art competitions, and her entry, Piłkarze (Soccer Players), was a woodcut.

During the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, all of Brodacka’s personal belongings and works were destroyed, and she also lost her family. After World War II, she worked as a drawing teacher at a vocational school in Krakow and produced illustrations for children’s books. In 1989, she moved to her grandparents’ former home in Lesko in the south-eastern part of Poland. Losing her eyesight, she was not able to draw and paint any longer and died two years later. The watercolorist and graphic artist’s favorite motifs were landscapes and city views.