Stefania Łukowicz-Mokwa

Stefania Katarzyna Łukowicz-Mokwa (13 December 1892 – 3 March 1975) was a Polish violinist, teacher of foreign languages, and wife of a Polish painter Marian Mokwa.

Biography Stefania Katarzyna Łukowicz was born on 13 December 1892 in Adelaide, Australia. Her father Count Marcel Łukowicz was a Polish doctor and lived in Australia since 1889, her mother Catharine Lacey was of Irish descent. In 1917, Łukowicz became a student of the Music Conservatory in Berlin and during next three years, she was performing as a violinist in Australia, India, and Europe. During the 1920s four children of Łukowicz and Mokwa were born: Edwin, Jan, Maria, and Stefania. Only after the end of the World War II, Łukowicz-Mokwa and her husband returned to the Adelaide Villa.

Stefania Łukowicz-Mokwa died on 3 March 1975 in Sopot and was buried at the local Catholic Cemetery.