Erna Rosenstein | |
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| Born | May 17, 1913 Lviv, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | November 10, 2004 (aged 91) Warsaw, Poland |
| Known for | painter, poet |
Erna Rosenstein was a Polish painter and Holocaust survivor. She was born on May 17, 1913, in Lviv, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine). [1] [2] She was associated with the surrealist movement both as a visual artist and a writer. [3] she studied at the Wiener Frauenakademie in Vienna and the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. [4] She was associated with the pre-war Kraków Group. [5]
Rosenstein's parents were murdered after escaping Warsaw in 1942. [6] Rosenstein survived World War II, hiding under various aliases. [4]
After the war, Rosenstein co-founded the Second Kraków Group. [5] In 1955 she was included in the exhibit Nine Artists along with fellow artist Tadeusz Brzozowski, Maria Jarema, Tadeusz Kantor, Jadwiga Maziarska, Kazimierz Mikulski, Jerzy Nowosielski, Jerzy Skarżyński, and Jonasz Stern. [4] In 1967 a retrospective of her work was held at the Zachęta National Gallery of Art. [3]
Rosenstein's brother, the Austrian professor Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan went on to become a Boston University professor and economist. He coined the term " underdeveloped countries". She was married to Polish-Jewish literary critic Artur Sandauer.[ citation needed] Rosenstein died on November 10, 2004, in Warsaw, Poland. [4]
Her work is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago [7] In 2021 the Hauser & Wirth Gallery in New York held her first solo exhibition outside of Poland, entitled Once Upon a Time. [8] [9] [10] In 2023 her work was included in the exhibition Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-1970 at the Whitechapel Gallery in London. [11]
References
- ^ "Erna Rosenstein". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "Post-War Artist Erna Rosenstein: Exploring Surrealism, Trauma, and Whimsy". A Women’s Thing. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Erna Rosenstein". AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Erna Rosenstein". Culture.pl. Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Erna Rosenstein, Appeal of the Polish Workers' Party (1942)". Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ Michalska, Dorota Jagoda (9 March 2023). "Where the Lightnings Have Their Palace: Erna Rosenstein and Global Surrealisms". post. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "Night (Noc)". Art Institute of Chicago. 1993. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "Erna Rosenstein". The New Yorker. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ Brock, Peter (9 November 2021). "Erna Rosenstein's Dreamlike Forms Resist Interpretation". Frieze (224). Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ Kuspit, Donald. "Donald Kuspit on Erna Rosenstein". Art Forum. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "Action, Gesture, Paint". Whitechapel Gallery. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
External links
Media related to
Erna Rosenstein at Wikimedia Commons
- Erna Rosenstein Bio
- Obituary from the Los Angeles Times
| International | |
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| National | |
| Artists | |
| Other | |
- 1913 births
- 2004 deaths
- 20th-century Polish painters
- Jewish women painters
- Jewish painters
- Polish surrealist artists
- Polish contemporary artists
- Women surrealist artists
- Polish women painters
- Jews from Galicia (Eastern Europe)
- Artists from Kraków
- Polish communists
- Burials at Powązki Military Cemetery
- Surrealist artists
- 20th-century Polish women
- Polish people of Austrian-Jewish descent
- Polish people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
- 20th-century women painters
Erna Rosenstein | |
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| Born | May 17, 1913 Lviv, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | November 10, 2004 (aged 91) Warsaw, Poland |
| Known for | painter, poet |
Erna Rosenstein was a Polish painter and Holocaust survivor. She was born on May 17, 1913, in Lviv, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine). [1] [2] She was associated with the surrealist movement both as a visual artist and a writer. [3] she studied at the Wiener Frauenakademie in Vienna and the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. [4] She was associated with the pre-war Kraków Group. [5]
Rosenstein's parents were murdered after escaping Warsaw in 1942. [6] Rosenstein survived World War II, hiding under various aliases. [4]
After the war, Rosenstein co-founded the Second Kraków Group. [5] In 1955 she was included in the exhibit Nine Artists along with fellow artist Tadeusz Brzozowski, Maria Jarema, Tadeusz Kantor, Jadwiga Maziarska, Kazimierz Mikulski, Jerzy Nowosielski, Jerzy Skarżyński, and Jonasz Stern. [4] In 1967 a retrospective of her work was held at the Zachęta National Gallery of Art. [3]
Rosenstein's brother, the Austrian professor Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan went on to become a Boston University professor and economist. He coined the term " underdeveloped countries". She was married to Polish-Jewish literary critic Artur Sandauer.[ citation needed] Rosenstein died on November 10, 2004, in Warsaw, Poland. [4]
Her work is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago [7] In 2021 the Hauser & Wirth Gallery in New York held her first solo exhibition outside of Poland, entitled Once Upon a Time. [8] [9] [10] In 2023 her work was included in the exhibition Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-1970 at the Whitechapel Gallery in London. [11]
References
- ^ "Erna Rosenstein". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "Post-War Artist Erna Rosenstein: Exploring Surrealism, Trauma, and Whimsy". A Women’s Thing. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Erna Rosenstein". AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Erna Rosenstein". Culture.pl. Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Erna Rosenstein, Appeal of the Polish Workers' Party (1942)". Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ Michalska, Dorota Jagoda (9 March 2023). "Where the Lightnings Have Their Palace: Erna Rosenstein and Global Surrealisms". post. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "Night (Noc)". Art Institute of Chicago. 1993. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "Erna Rosenstein". The New Yorker. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ Brock, Peter (9 November 2021). "Erna Rosenstein's Dreamlike Forms Resist Interpretation". Frieze (224). Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ Kuspit, Donald. "Donald Kuspit on Erna Rosenstein". Art Forum. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "Action, Gesture, Paint". Whitechapel Gallery. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
External links
Media related to
Erna Rosenstein at Wikimedia Commons
- Erna Rosenstein Bio
- Obituary from the Los Angeles Times
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Artists | |
| Other | |
- 1913 births
- 2004 deaths
- 20th-century Polish painters
- Jewish women painters
- Jewish painters
- Polish surrealist artists
- Polish contemporary artists
- Women surrealist artists
- Polish women painters
- Jews from Galicia (Eastern Europe)
- Artists from Kraków
- Polish communists
- Burials at Powązki Military Cemetery
- Surrealist artists
- 20th-century Polish women
- Polish people of Austrian-Jewish descent
- Polish people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
- 20th-century women painters