Boznańska received her first artistic instructions from her French mother, a drawing teacher. Later she studied in her hometown Kraków under Józef Siedlecki, Hipolit Lipínski and Kazimierz Pochwalski. From 1884, she attended the Baraneum (back then, the only art school in Kraków open to women) where she also met the sculptor Tola Certowicz. In 1886, Boznańska went to Munich to attend Karl Kricheldorf’s private art school and got further training from painter Wilhelm Dürr the Younger. As early as 1888, Boznańska participated in international exhibitions and joined the Munich Secession in 1894 and the Berlin Secession in 1899. In 1898, she moved to Paris as an already established painter, where she rose to become one of the most successful artists of her time. There, she met Ottilie W. Roederstein. Boznańska was exhibited at the Paris Salon de la Société nationale des Beaux-Arts nearly every year from 1896 onwards and became a member (sociétaire) of the artists’ association in 1904. She was also a member of the Polish artists’ association Sztuka and was exhibited both in Poland and internationally. From 1908, she taught at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and later in her own studio at Boulevard du Montparnasse. Her works found their way into French museums during her lifetime. In recognition of her artistic achievements, Boznańska was awarded the French Legion of Honour in 1910.