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Janina Dłuska
Janina Dłuska (born 1899 – 8 June 1932), was a Russian Empire-born Polish visual artist, nurse, and aviator. She was known for her paintings. Biography Janina Dłuska was born in 1899 in Kursk, Russian Empire (present-day Russia). She graduated from the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. In 1919 she returned to Poland, and during the Polish–Soviet War, Polish-Soviet war, she served as a nurse in the Voluntary Legion of Women. After the war, she worked as a drawing teacher at the women's teachers' college in Lublin. In 1922, she moved to Munich, where she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich for 3 years, then studied in Paris. She specialized in portrait watercolor. She worked for magazines such as ''Vogue (magazine), Vogue'' or ''Die Dame''. In 1931, she returned to Vilnius. She became interested in aviation, active in the Vilnius Aeroclub. She completed a pilot course and was to begin practical glider training, but on 8 June 1932, she died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Dame
''Die Dame'' (English: The Lady) was the first illustrated magazine in Germany to cater to the interests of modern women. It was also considered the "best journal of its kind in the world market" after the First World War. The lifestyle magazine began in 1911 and ended in 1943. ''Die Dame'' consisted of essays, illustrations, and photography. The magazine was most active during the shift from the early 1920s, when the magazine celebrated the independent ''The New Woman'', to the mid 1920s when women were portrayed as cold and masculine uniformity. History In 1912, the Berlin publishing House Ullstein bought out ''Illustrierte Frauen-Zeitung'' (English: Illustrated Women's Newspaper) because the company founder Leopold Ullstein's five sons had already recognized that many women were affluent consumers but that Ullstein had no products specifically for them. The newspaper's content was thrifty advice on fashion and housekeeping. In 1912, the ''Illustrierte Frauen-Zeitung'' became ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
