Background
She was born to the noble family of Władysław Janowski Ślepowron coat of arms, a participant in the January Uprising against the Russian domination, and his wife Malwina z Borzęckich Półkozic coat of arms.
She was born to the noble family of Władysław Janowski Ślepowron coat of arms, a participant in the January Uprising against the Russian domination, and his wife Malwina z Borzęckich Półkozic coat of arms.
Bronisława studied painting in Munich from 1896 to 1902.
An exceptionally prolific artist, her work is on display in many private and state collections, including the Historical Museum of Krakow, the National Museum of Poland, and the Vatican Museums. Her older brother Stanisław Janowski (1866–1942), a second husband of famous dramatist Gabriela Zapolska, was also a painter. He taught her the basics of art-making.
lieutenant lasted only for eight years.
She opened an art school, where she sparked controversy with a display of nude studies, leading to the closure of the school a year later. She traveled to Italy, North Africa, and Turkey, and stayed in Rome, Naples, and Sicily, painting landscapes, street scenes, and figurative studies.
She settled in Krakow at A. Dunajewskiego 1 Street in 1917, towards the end of World War I, and continued her artistic journey in sovereign Poland. Rychter-Janowska stopped painting during World World War II due to vision-related problems.
Her brother died in 1942.
She adopted a girl, Matylda Janowska. They starved during the Nazi-Soviet occupation of Poland and little improved after liberation. She received a stipend from the Ministry of Culture, and died in Krakow on 29 September 1953 at the age of 85.
Foreign most of her adult life, she kept a diary.
She became an active member of the Zielony Balonik Cabaret at Jama Michalika in Krakow as well as art cabarets in Lwów, designing and producing political puppets for widely popular shows against imperial censorship.