Mira Żelechower-Aleksiun (born 26 March 1941 in Millerovo) is a Polish painter of

Jewish descent ''Zera Yisrael'' ( he, זרע ישראל, , meaning "Seed fIsrael") is a legal category in Jewish law that denotes the blood descendants of Jews who, for one reason or another, are not legally of Jewish ethnicity according to religious criteria. ...

Biography

She was born in

Millerovo Millerovo (russian: Миллерово) is the name of several inhabited localities in Rostov Oblast, Russia. ;Urban localities *Millerovo, Millerovsky District, Rostov Oblast, a town in Millerovsky District Millerovsky District (russian: Ми́ ...

, Rostov Oblast, where her parents moved during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

. Her father was murdered by Nazis in May 1941.''Mira Żelechower-Aleksiun'', Małgorzata Kitowska-Łysiak, culture.pl; January 2005
/ref> After the war Mira Żelechower and her mother came back to

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

and settled in

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

. In 1966 she graduated from

Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław ( pl, Akademia Sztuk Pięknych im. Eugeniusza Gepperta we Wrocławiu) is a public institution of higher learning established in 1946 originally as the College of Fine Arts. From 2008 the univ ...

and one year later, she has debuted as a painter at the "Galeria Teatru Kalambur" in Wrocław. In the 1960s and the 1970s Mira Żelechower-Aleksiun was taking part in the important painters' conferences, including 4th and 7th ''Overview of the Polish Contemporary Art'' in Szczecin, 8th and 9th ''Group of Realists' Exhibition'' in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

and ''Jan Spychalski Painting Contest'' in

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ...

.Mira Żelechower-Aleksiuns Official website
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References

1941 births Living people 20th-century Polish painters 20th-century Polish women artists 21st-century Polish painters 21st-century Polish women artists Artists from Wrocław Polish people of Jewish descent People from Millerovsky District Polish women painters {{Poland-painter-stub