ZACHĘTA X PW ERNA ROSENSTEIN "ŹRÓDŁO" JOURNAL

Lined journal with a dedicated space for the date.

A journal is your very personal place where you can write, write and write - keep a diary, jot down your secret thoughts, plans and dreams in a completely loose form.

Each page has a space at the top for the date and a space for lined notes below.

The diary can also be used as an undated planner for those who love a daily layout or a place to write down your daily to-do list.

It also makes a perfect gift - let us know in the message to the order - we will pack it in a decorative paper.

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The covers in the Art series are adorned with artworks from the National Gallery of Art Zachęta collection.  

On your cover:  

Erna Rosenstein  

"Źrodło" (The Source), 1965  

Oil on canvas, 146.5 × 117 cm  

Zachęta – National Gallery of Art Collection  

Erna Rosenstein (1913–2004) studied at the Frauen Akademie in Vienna (1932–1934) and the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow under Wojciech Weiss (1934–1936). She was associated with the Krakow Group. The largest painting by Rosenstein in the Zachęta collection is *Źrodło* — a cosmogonic depiction that reflects the artist's fascination with the elements. She continued this theme, this time focusing on the element of fire, in another painting in the Zachęta collection, *Spalenie czarownicy* (The Burning of the Witch). Both works were shown at the artist's solo exhibition at Zachęta in 1967. The exhibition was designed by Tadeusz Kantor, who, inspired by the title, placed *Źrodło* on the ground in a black form resembling a well or a crater (the ochre forms in the painting resemble flowing lava).  

Rosenstein’s works, which resisted any canonical and conventional norms, reflect her emotions and associations, serving as a record of the creative process. This painting belongs to the avant-garde movement, which was influenced by symbolism, and as such, it evokes the works of Witkacy's *Czysta Forma* (Pure Form), as well as the paintings of Tadeusz Brzozowski and Jerzy Tchórzewski. Critics have pointed out the resemblance of her art to the Secessionist and Young Poland movements, highlighting her extraordinary sensitivity to color (in the discussed painting, there is a surprising combination of red with ochre, pink, and blue). Erna Rosenstein's highly personal and poetic works also belong to the broader realm of surrealism.

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