Olga Niewska

Olga Niewska (28 May 1898 – 25 May 1943) was a Polish sculptor who competed in the art competitions at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics.

She studied under Konstanty Laszczka when she created busts of the socialist politician Ignacy Daszyński[4] and the painter Feliks Stanisław Jasiński [pl].

[citation needed] She also produced a statue of Stanisława Walasiewicz (also known as Stella Walsh),[5] In 1928 she married, and at the annual exhibition at the Salon of the Polish Artists Union in Warsaw, her sculpture was awarded the "Warsaw Prize for the Year 1928".

In September 1929 her bathing sculpture was unveiled in Paderewski's park.

Shortly before the war, she created a portrait of the actor Stefan Jaracz which is considered one of her best.

Niewska's sculpture "Kąpiąca się (Bathing)" in Skaryszewski Park , Warsaw [ 1 ]