Tafereelen uit het Out-Joodsche Familieleven Naar de Oorspronkelijke Schilderstukken van Prof. M. Oppenheim (With 20 photographs laid down)
Amsterdam: H. Eisendrath, ca. 1882. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated. Rebacked maroon cloth richly decorated in gilt, black, and gray with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Gilt edges. Silk-moire endpapers. Illustrated with 20 prhotographs of Oppenheim's paintings of daily Jewish life. The work went through many different editions and formats with the illustrations reproduced in gravure and offset.
Rare Dutch first edition of "Bilder aus dem altjüdischen Leben" (Scenes from Everyday Jewish Life) which was also published in Frankfurt in 1882. Delightfully illustrated with 20 full-page b/w mounted photographic reproductions of Moritz Oppenheim paintings, depicting tender scenes of everyday Jewish life. Introduction and captions by J. Hoofien. Photos in fine condiiton. Rebacked, retaining most of original backstrip (1/2" of head and 1 1/2" of tail of original backstrip missing). Minor scuffing on boards, wear on corners and parts of edges. Some waterstaining at top edge of back board. Silk-moire endpapers expertly reinforced along gutter with maroon binders-tape at front and rear endpapers. Very minor foxing to some pages. Binding in good, interior in overall very good condition. Scarce. Good- to very good condition. Item #55252
Moritz Daniel Oppenheim (1800-1882), was a German artist who is regarded as the first Jewish painter of the modern era. This work, also known as "Bilderzyklus" (Der Zyklus), is perhaps the most well-known example of Jewish genre painting. Up until W.W.I it was the highest selling Jewish-German work.
"Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, who lived in Frankfurt, was the first Jewish painter of the modern era. The range of his work is impressive, spanning religious, literary and historical themes as well as allegories and portraits. He became world-famous with his "Scenes from Traditional Jewish Family Life. Oppenheim was the first Jewish painter to receive academic training in Germany." (Jüdische Museum, Frankfurt). "Oppenheim’s "Scenes from Traditional Jewish Family Life" may also be interpreted as a statement on German Jews’ cultural affiliation. Bourgeois values bordering on cliché, such as piety, sense of family, education and respectability, are brought to the fore through historical genre painting, thus emphasizing alignment with the Christian bourgeoisie’s guiding principles. This contrasts later with Orientalism, which focused on the exotic. These paintings enabled the majority population to identify with the foreign traditions and customs of Jews. The series was systematically reproduced in different techniques, thus very consciously intended for a mass audience." (Jüdische Museum, Frankfurt).
Price: $950.00