▁work , ▁entitled ▁B ial a : ▁V ision ▁and ▁Memory ▁| ▁elected ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁= ▁| ▁website ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁= ▁ ▁| ▁bg col our ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁= ▁| ▁module ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁= ▁}} ▁Jan ice ▁B ial a ▁( Se ptember ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 1 9 0 3 ▁– ▁September ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 0 ) ▁was ▁an ▁artist ▁whose ▁work , ▁sp anning ▁seven ▁dec ades , ▁is ▁well ▁regarded ▁both ▁in ▁France ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁Kn own ▁for ▁her ▁" im pe cc able ▁taste ▁and ▁remarkable ▁intelligence ", ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁her ▁" int uit ive ▁feeling ▁for ▁composition ▁and ▁her ▁orch estr ation ▁of ▁color ", ▁she ▁made ▁paint ings ▁of ▁int imate ▁inter iors , ▁still ▁lif es , ▁port ra its ▁of ▁her ▁friends , ▁and ▁city sc apes ▁of ▁the ▁places ▁she ▁tra ve led . ▁Her ▁work , ▁which ▁def ies ▁easy ▁classification , ▁lies ▁between ▁fig uration ▁and ▁abstra ction . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁great ▁modern ists , ▁she ▁transformed ▁her ▁subjects ▁into ▁shape ▁and ▁color ▁using ▁" un expected ▁color ▁relationships ▁and ▁a ▁relax ed ▁approach ▁to ▁interpre ting ▁real ism ." ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁education ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 3 ▁B ial a ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁B iała ▁Pod l aska , ▁a ▁small ▁city ▁in ▁the ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁Poland ▁with ▁an ▁important ▁Imperial ▁Russian ▁g arrison . ▁She ▁imm igr ated ▁to ▁New ▁York ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 3 , ▁arriv