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    Title

  • Landscape with view of Synagogue at Oppeln (Upper Silesia)

  • Physical Description

    1 painting : oil on wood ; 19 x 25 cm ; 7.5 x 10 in., + frame (36.5 x 52.2 cm.)

  • Date

    1918-21

  • Notes

    Title devised by cataloger. Signed in bottom center.

  • Summary

    Landscape represents a view of the river, dominated by large Byzantine-style synagogue, set among trees. In the distance to the left is a bridge.

  • Subject

    Synagogues; Rivers

  • Place

    Opole (Poland)

  • Genre

    Landscapes

  • Medium

    Paintings; Oil paintings

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Oppeln (now Opole, Poland) was located in Upper Silesia. The Synagogue was built in a neo-Moorish style by the Breslau architect Felix Henry from 1894-1897. The synagogue was destroyed during Kristallnacht in 1938.

Rabbi Leo Baeck worked in Oppeln from 1895-1907, and during this period he published his most famous work, "Das Wesen des Judentums".

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Citation

Landscape with view of Synagogue at Oppeln (Upper Silesia), Leo Baeck Institute, 83.23.