July 2001
 Tammuz 5761
Vol. 4 Edition 7
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1800............... Born in Hanau, near Frankfurt.     

 

 



1811............... Abolition of the Hanau ghetto.              

1820/21..........

Studies in Munich and Paris.
1821-25.......... Stay in Rome.
1823............... Trip to Naples. Sale of several paintings to Baron Carl Mayer von Rothschild.
1825...............
Return to Germany via Bologna, Venice, Munich, etc. Settled in Frankfurt.
1827...............
Visit to Weimar. Meeting with Goethe. Granted title of "Professor."
1828...............
Marriage to Adelheid Cleve from Hanau.
1831...............
Heine's visit to Frankfurt. Oppenheim paints his portrait.
1836...............
Death of wife. Commission to do the portraits of the five Rothschild brothers.
1837...............
Trip to England.
1839............... Marriage to Fanny Goldschmidt from Frankfurt.   
1849............... Confirmation of Oppenheim's application for Frankfurt citizenship after previous refusal.        
1851...............
Registration as a citizen with wife and six children from both marriages.        
1850s.............
Beginning of work on the Pictures of Traditional Jewish Family Life.     
1857...............
Nomination as honorary member of the Hanau Drawing Academy.        
1866...............
First publication of photographs of Jewish Family Life.        
1882............... Death of the artist. Publication of Jewish Family Life in book form with commentary by Rabbi Leopold Stein



aources Ismar Schorsch. "Art as Social History: Oppenheim and the German Jewish Vision of Emancipation." In Moritz Oppenheim (catalog of an exhibition at the Israel Museum, Fall, 1983). Jerusalem: Ben-Zvi Printing Enterprises, Ltd., 1983.
aources The details on this page are from two Oppenheim paintings, Return of a Volunteer Soldier (1833) and Sabbath Afternoon (1866).


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