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    Artist

  • Unknown Artist

    • Title

  • Hannover Synagogue

  • Physical Description

    1 print : etching ; 9.1" x 10.5" ; 24 x 27 cm

  • Date

    circa 1870

  • Notes

    Signed lower right in illegible handwriting, titled lower left. Same print as Accession number 85.7.

  • Summary

    A general view of the main facade of a synagogue with turrets and rose window. The synagogue was built 1862-70 by Edwin Oppler (1831-1880) and destroyed in 1938.

  • Depicted

    Oppler, Edwin, 1831-1880, architect

  • Subject

    Synagogues, Germany, Hannover

  • Place

    Hannover (Germany)

  • Medium

    Etchings; Prints

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Edwin Oppler (1831-1880) was a German architect, born in lower Silesia. He studied architecture in Hannover under Conrad Wilhelm Hase and worked primarily in a historicist neo-gothic style. His most famous building was the synagogue in Hannover. Edwin Oppler’s two sons, Alexander Oppler and Ernst Oppler were renowned artists in their own right.

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Citation

Unknown Artist: Hannover Synagogue, Leo Baeck Institute, 78.1622.