[1] Wilczynski was born in Poznań, Poland, but spent extended periods of her early life in Berlin.
She studied art in Leipzig in 1916 and 1917 and then in Berlin during 1918 before moving to Paris where she undertook some freelance work.
[2] In 1930, Wilczynski won a Prix de Rome scholarship and used the funding to move to that city.
[5] Drawings by Wilczynski appeared in several books including Daphnis and Chloe, Homage to Greece and The Love Songs of Sappho.
Artworks by her are held in public collections in both Dresden, Cologne and in London at the Victoria and Albert Museum and the National Portrait Gallery.