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ill.8.EphraimKaganowski,Merzerarchive
puresoulswhoareasenthusiasticaboutJewish
artasyouhavebeenl”
InherlateParisianperiodshemarriedtheYid-
dishwriterEfraimKaganowski(illl8)l
Hehadalreadywrittenaboutherbeforethewar
inhisShriftnandmentionedherspecialbiblicalap-
pearancefusedwithCPolishhood’representingfor
alltheartistsandwriterstheimageofthe“Jewish
queenfromPolandl”28
Theyallbelongedtoagroupofartiststhatused
tomeetintheatticat1TwardaStreetwhichhad
amarketclosebylThisgroupincludedAvrahmOs-
trzega,Kratka,BerlewiandKaganowski,whotook
partaswell,hadnotyetdecidedinthoseearlydays
ifhewantedtobeapainterorawriterlMaksy-
milianEljowiczandMaurycyMinkowski,-well-
knownandexperiencedartists-alsotookpart
inthatgrouplRegularguestsatthoseatelierswere
theartloversKave,MintsandArciszewskal29
ArciszewskaandKaganowskimeteachother
againinPariswheretheylamentedtheoldWarsaw
dayslTheymarriedinParisandhebecameher
thirdhusbandlBesideshiswritinghecontinued
todrawlSomeofhisdrawingsappearinhisbooks,
especiallyportraitsofartistsandwriterslInhis
archiveseveralportraitswerefoundthathehad
madeofTeabeforehisdeathin1958(illsl9,10)l
ArciszewskalivedfourmoreyearsinParis,where
shediedin1962l
YlYlTrunk,inhisbookonPoland,writesabout
Arciszewskathatshedeservesmorethanachapter
inabookl30Shedeservesawholebookonaccount
ofherinvolvementintheartisticcirclesinPoland,
forherhelptoJewishartistsandalsonotforgetting
thestormyromanticlifesheledl
Trunk,likemanyotherJewishmaleartistsand
writerswhoknewArciszewska’sworkandcontri-
butiontotheJewishPolishculturalartscene,ex-
pressedhisappreciationforherachievementsbut
couldnotdetachhimselfcompletelyfromthedomi-
nantmaleperspectiveofhistimesl
Butearlier,in1915,inapoetrybookentitled
MowiePolskiej(TothePolishLanguage)JakobAp-
penszlakdedicatedawholepoemglorifyingAr-
ciszewskawhomhedescribedastheJewishJoan
ofArcwhofoundhercrowninggloryintheJewish
theatrelHesawherasatrueexpressionoftheJew-
ishartisticrevolutionofthattimel31
IndeedArciszewska’spresenceinthoseturbu-
lentyearsinthePolishculturalarenawassignifi-
cantandonecanseehercontributiontothegold-
enchain(goldenekeyt)offemaleartisticactivity
inPolandlInawaysherespondedtoEsterRokhl
KaminskawhenjoiningPeretz’stheatricalvisionl
Kaminskawasalreadyatthepeakofhercareeron
theJewishstageandscreenandayearbeforethein-
augurationofTea’sAzazelin1924,shepassedawayl
ItwastheartistKartko,alreadyseparatedfromTea,
EsterRokhlKaminska’stombstoneattheOkopowa
StreetCemeteryinWarsawwasdesignedbyFeliks
Rubinlichtl
Whenviewingthegoldenchainofwomanart-
istsandwritersinPolandonecanmentionamong
othersthejournalismandwritingofRokhlOyer-
bakhandDvoyreVogel,theworkofDinaMatus
amongtheYungYidishartists,EstherShumiatch-
erwithintheAlbatrosscircleofartistsandtheac-
tressClaraSegalowitz,whoperformedasanactress
inYiddishtheatresformanyyearsand,duringthe
late1930s,establishedandbecamedirectorofthe
28Kaganowski(1951:X-XII)l
29SeeSandel(1964:121-122)l
30Trunk(1944-1953)l
31Appenszlak(1915)l
