Butterfly Effect Painting

Joanna Gryzik, known as the Silesian Cinderella, was born in 1842 to a poor family. Her father worked in a zinc mine, and her mother was a servant in the estate of Karol Godula - one of the largest industrial tycoons in Silesia. Unfortunately, fate dealt with little Joasia in a cruel way. When she was just three years old, her father - the main breadwinner for a family barely making ends meet - died. Desperate and deprived of the girl's means of support, her mother did not want to take care of her any longer. Thus, Joan ended up in the care of other servants at the estate of Karol Godula. Children, however, look at the world quite differently. After all, the seemingly fearful and repulsive appeal of Karol Godula did not bother several-year-old Joasia Gryzik. As the only child in the estate, she was not afraid of the older man. Apparently, one day she even gave him a bouquet of flowers she picked herself. Both the gesture and the girl's directness aroused the sympathy of the elderly gentleman, who decided to return the favor. According to the will, the fortune, considered one of the largest in Silesia, fell entirely to the then 6-year-old Joasia Gryzik.