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AvivLivnat
ill.5.Józefseidenbeutel,JewishwomanwithaSiddur
ill.6.AriehMerzer,Merzerarchive
Thecloserelationshipandcamaraderiewhich
existedbetweenTeaandtheartistsisexemplified
bythespeciallinkshehadwiththepainterJózef
Seidenbeutel(theelderbrotherofthetwins,the
paintersMenasheandEfraimSeidenbeutel)lThe
Jewishcommunitydidnotallocateaburialplotfor
theasyetnotwell-knownpainterwhodiedin1923
anditwasTeawho,inanextraordinarygesture,pro-
videdhimwithaplaceinthecemeterybesidethe
graveofherdaughterMiryamlwhohaddiedtragi-
callyinchildhoodlTeawouldnotpermitapainter
whodevotedhislifetoartandcontributedsignifi-
cantlytoJewishculturetobeburiedasapauper
inthePragacemetery(illl5)l19TheartistAvraham
Ostrzegathegravestonedesignerwhoplannedthe
graveofthepoetLeybNaydusandlaterthe“Ohel
Peretz”-monumentforPeretz,An-skiandDine-
zon,designedinmarbletheinscriptionforTeaand
ShimonKratka’sdaughterandforYosefZaydnbaytl
whowasburiednexttoherl
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Anotherartistthatwas
couldlTheychose“dernayerAzazel”asanameforatheatre
intheWarsawghettol
19Turkov(1954:286-287)l
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Thiswastenyearslaterin1933lItriedtolocatethe
gravesintheJewishcemeteryinWarsawwithnoluckl
closetoTeawastheyoungAriehMerzerwhomshe
tookunderherpatronage(illl6)l21
Undertheentry“AriehMerzer”inhisMayn
Lexicon,MelekhRavitch-thesecretaryofthe
JewishWritersAssociationat13TłomackieStreet
-wrotethatoneclearmorningthefamousartpa-
tronessTeaArciszewskaenteredtheAssociation
andproclaimedthenewJewishgeniuswhoham-
mersoutinmetal,scenesfromYiddishliteraturel
“Tłomackie13”wasthecentreofJewishliterary
andartisticlifeininterwarWarsawl
Theplaceservedasavenueforthepresentation
ofnewtalentsandoccasionallyyoungartistscame
totrytheirluckandgetsupportfromleadingWar-
sawculturalfiguresl22
Apparentlyitwaslocatedinaplacethatdidnotsurvivethe
warandthegravestonesweredestroyedl
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SeeLivnat(2011)lOnhisWarsawperiodseeLivnat
(2010:345-351)lOnMerzeramongtheMontparnasseJew-
ishartistsseeAronson(1963:586-592)lOnHisSafedPeriod
seeLivnat(2012:7-22)l
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Segalowitch(1946),Rozen(1950),Ravitch(1975:
237-253),Piątkowska(2010:325-336),Cohen(2000:
91-98)l
