Zofia Baltarowicz-Dzielińska

Zofia Janina Maria Baltarowicz-Dzielińska née Baltarowicz (1894–1970) was a Polish sculptor and the first woman to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, Poland, after almost a century of its existence.

Early life Zofia Baltarowicz was born on 23 May 1894, in Staryi Yarychiv near Lviv, to a patriotic Polish family of Zofia Stefania née Weeber and Jan Baltarowicz. who became Zofia's first arts teacher. after almost a century of its existence, In 1920, after giving birth to her daughter Dorota Dzielińska, she had to interrupt her studies.

Many of her works were destroyed during World War II.

For a time, Baltarowicz-Dzielińska was also invested in anthroposophy, to which she was introduced in 1917 by a fellow artist Luna Drexler. In 1924, she joined the Polish branch of the Anthroposophical Society. Six years later, she led a lecture at the Lviv section of the Polish Society, and in 1932, she travelled to Paris, where she attended lectures and eurythmy classes at Rudolf Steiner's school. However, by 1931/1932, she no longer felt connected to the Society.