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    Artist

  • Vogl, Fredrick

    • Title

  • Michelstadt Synagogue

  • Physical Description

    Painting : Watercolor on board ; 7.5" x 11.25" ; 20 x 29 cm

  • Date

    1989; July 1989

  • Place of Publication

    Avilla, Texas

  • Publisher

    Thumb Box Studio

  • Summary

    Colorful watercolor of a small synagogue with bright sunlight on the facade, expressed by unpainted space on buff paper. The synagogue sits almost in the center of the painting, flanked by parts of other buildings, and at the edges of the painting, framed by two almost symetrical building walls.

  • Subject

    Synagogues

  • Place

    Michelstadt (Germany)

  • Medium

    Paintings; Watercolors

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

The town of Michelstadt in Hesse, Germany, was home to the “Baal Shem of Michelstadt", the rabbi and kabbalist, Seckel Wormser (Isaac Loeb, 1768-1847), who arrived there around 1790, when the synagogue was built, and maintained a yeshiva for many years. The synagogue's interior was destroyed in November 1938, but the exterior survived and was turned into a museum.

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Citation

Vogl, Fredrick: Michelstadt Synagogue, Leo Baeck Institute, 2007.57.