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    Artist

  • Würbs, Karl, 1807-1876, artist

    • Title

  • The Old New Synagogue

    • Other Title(s)

  • Die Alt-Neuschuhl

  • Physical Description

    1 print : engraving, b&w ; 5.4 x 7.6 in., 13.7 x 19.3 cm

  • Date

    circa 1841

  • Notes

    Engraving after a drawing by Karl Würbs ("Nach d. Natur gez. v. C. Würbs" inscribed in lower left). Titled in bottom center, names of creators below scene.

  • Summary

    Exterior view of the Alt-Neu (Old New) Synagogue in Prague, seen behind a wall enclosure. The top of the tower of the Jewish Town Hall is on the left. A few pedestrians walk or loiter in the streets.

  • Subject

    Staronová synagoga (Prague, Czech Republic); Synagogues

  • Place

    Prague (Czech Republic)

  • Medium

    Engravings; Prints

  • Part Of

    Sally Bodenheimer Collection, AR 7169

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Biographical/Historical Information

Inaugurated in 1270, the Altneuschul or Old New synagogue is the oldest continually active synagogue in Europe. During the Second World War, the synagogue was sparred major damage and thus continued to be used after the war.

Charles (Karl) Würbs was a Czech painter and printmaker. He studied at the Prague Academy of Arts with Josef Bergler and Francis Kristiana Waldherr and later in the studios of Karel Funk and Hans Henisch. There, he took an interest in landscape and architectural painting. Post-graduation, he was an engraver, lithographer, and art critic for a magazine. In 1835, he helped found the Fine Arts Unit. He also traveled to Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands for several years. In 1858, Würbs was appointed inspector of the Picture Gallery of the Society of Patriotic Friends of Art before teaching at the Imperial Royal Estates Polytechnic Institute and then the Prague Academy of Arts from 1869-1871. Beginning in 1873, he appraised paintings and engravings for Count Thun in Declin.

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Würbs, Karl: The Old New Synagogue, Leo Baeck Institute, 80.76.