Jadwiga Maria Kinga Bal (Balowa) of Zaleszczyki, née Brunicka (July 26, 1879 – January 1, 1955) was a Polish baroness and a lifelong muse of Jacek Malczewski, considered Poland's national painter. She served as the live model for a series of his symbolic portrayals of women, as well as nude studies and mythological beings. Most were completed before the interwar period when Poland had not yet achieved independence.
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Jadwiga Maria Brunicka 26 July 1879 Zaleszczyki (now Zalischyky, western Ukraine)
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1 January 1955 (aged 75) Krakow, Poland
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Zodiac | Leo |
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