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Maria Wodzińska, primo voto Skarbkowa, secundo voto Orpiszewska (7 January 1819 – 7 December 1896), was a Polish artist who was once engaged to composer Frédéric Chopin. Maria Wodzińska was a daughter of Count Wincenty Wodziński and Countess Teresa Wodzińska, of the Jastrzębiec coat of arms.
Frédéric Chopin had turned twenty-five when he fell passionately and hopelessly in love with sixteen-year old Maria Wodzińska. He had known her as a child, and “used to chase her through the rooms at Pszenny.”
Nicely spent time and growing affection for a very young, talented in art and playing on the piano Maria (1819–1896) effected in a growing feeling for her. In 1836 in Dresden, 26-year-old Fryderyk...
In 1836, around the time of his ill-fated romance with Maria Wodzińska, Chopin met Sand at a party thrown by Franz Liszt’s girlfriend, Countess d’Agoult. He was initially taken aback by her scandalous presentation of gender, exclaiming, “What an unattractive person la Sand is.
Maria z Wodzińskich primo voto Skarbkowa secundo voto Orpiszewska (ur. 7 stycznia 1819 w Warszawie, zm. 7 grudnia 1896 w Kłóbce [1]) – polska malarka drugiej połowy XIX wieku. Przedstawicielka kujawskiej rodziny Wodzińskich h. Jastrzębiec.
Maria Wodzińska. Maria Wodzińska (1819–1896) was Chopin’s unofficial fiancée in 1836-1838. She also features in the lyrical works of Juliusz Słowacki. The Chopin and Wodziński families became acquainted when two of Maria’s brothers boarded with Mikołaj Chopin.
On the way back from Paris, Chopin met Maria Wodziński, daughter of his parents' friends. He fell in love with her and was engaged to marry her, but the wedding had to be postponed due to Chopin's bad health.
