Illustrating Jewish lifestyles on opposite banks of the Rhine : Alphonse Lévy's Alsatian peasants and Moritz Daniel Oppenheim's Frankfurt burghers

Author

Kleeblatt, Norman L.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Jewish art. 1990, Vol. 16-17, 53-63, 21 ill.

ISSN

0792-0660

Abstract (en)

Contrasts 19th c. depictions of Alsatian Jewish life by the German painter Oppenheim and the French artist Lévy, pointing out that Oppenheim sentimentalized the middle-class Jewish subjects he represented, while Lévy resorted to caricature in his depiction of peasants.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing
• Oppenheim, Moritz Daniel, 1800-1882
• Painting
• Germany
• 1800-1900
• Jews
• Representation
• Lévy, Alphonse Jacques, 1843-1918
• Illustration
• France
• Alsace (FRA)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin
• Oppenheim, Moritz Daniel, 1800-1882
• Peinture
• Allemagne
• 1800-1900
• Juifs
• Représentation
• Lévy, Alphonse Jacques, 1843-1918
• Illustration
• France
• Alsace (FRA)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19930401-00366205

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