Eugenia Brauner-Altman was an artist, craftswoman, graphic artist and jewellery designer. She was born in Łódź on 22 September 1890 (some documents state 10 October 1895). She was the daughter of Jakub and Ruchla (née Tenenbaum), and sister of painter Icchok Meir (Wincenty) Brauner (vide) and Ida Brauner (Wolmanowa). She worked as a drawing teacher in primary and secondary schools in Łódź. She and her sister, Ida, ran an art studio in their parents' tenement house at Kościuszki 29, selling batik textile designs, hand-painted dresses, handkerchiefs and underwear. In the 1930s, she lived in Szamotuły, near Poznań, employed as a manager in the Koerpel brothers' furniture factory. From 1935 to 1938, she lived in Vienna, then returned to Łódź.
During the Second World War,  she and her brother lived  in the Łódź Ghetto; they were registered at Piwna 21/2. From 1941 to 1944, she was employed at the Carpet Department at Wolborska 44. Beginning in  1942, she was also an instructor. In January 1944, she began  work in the Statistical Department (vide). In August 1944, she and her brother were deported to  Auschwitz and murdered.