Maria Seyda

Maria Seyda née Proszynski (1893–1989) was a Polish artist, known for her portrait paintings, who spent the majority of her career in Britain.

Biography[edit]

Seyda was born and brought up in Poland. She studied art at the L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva, in Warsaw and at the Académie Colarossi in Paris.^[1]^[2] She married Marian Seyda, (1879–1967), a journalist who was the Polish minister of foreign affairs and who also served as a minister in the Polish government-in-exile during the Second World War.^[1] After spending time in Argentina, Maria Seyda was based in London.^[1] Seyda exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy in London from 1943 onwards and also with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.^[2]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 2, M to Z. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0 953260 95 X.
^ ^a ^b Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900–1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.

[BuckmanVol2-1] David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 2, M to Z. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0 953260 95 X.

[GMWaters-2] Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900–1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.

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