"Jews praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur" 1878
Sunday, 10 May 2009
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3 comments:
This is one of my favourite paintings, Curator. It is beautifully crafted and a great example of early Jewish art of the mid 19th century. But it also contains a tragic story.
A panel on the scroll said it was "Donated in memory of the late honoured teacher and R’ Moshe (Maurycy) Gottlieb of blessed memory, 1878". It predicted with uncanny accuracy his early death at 22!!
His fiancee, Laura Rosenfield, was painted into the image twice: On the left, she was in the women's gallery holding a closed book; on the right, she bent over, whispering to her mother. The saddest part was that Laura became engaged to another man two weeks before Gottlieb’s death. Maurycy must have known!
Don't some artists lead tragic lives?
That's fascinating. Apparently he commited suicide. Another unusual aspect to his story is that his brother Leopold Gottlieb, who enjoyed his own successful career as a painter in Paris, was born 4 years after the death of his older brother. It must have been strange forging his own career in the midst of his brother's impressive legacy.
hi -
it is nto certain that he commited suicide. tey say much of the mystery surrounding his death is hidden within this picture.
after 3 years of research, I believe I've broken the code.
it seems as though he used hidden images to reveal the secrets of his death
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