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The Grand Synagogue of Lyon was built shortly after the establishment of a regional consistory by Emperor Napoleon III and the appointment of a regional chief rabbi. In 1858, a new synagogue for the…
Contributor:
Abraham Hirsch
Places:
Lyon, Second French Empire (Lyon, France)
Date:
1863–1864
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In late 1897, Camille Pissarro, the noted impressionist artist, known for his many landscapes and cityscapes, came to Paris and rented a room in the Hôtel du Louvre, which gave him a good view of the…
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Camille Pissarro
Places:
Paris, French Republic (Paris, France)
Date:
1898
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Though Benjamin-Eugène Fichel is better known for his historical paintings set in the eighteenth century, in this painting he documents modernity itself. Here a wealthy couple orders a meal in a…
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Benjamin-Eugène Fichel
Places:
Paris, France
Date:
Date Unknown, 19th century
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Camille Pissarro painted landscapes that, unusually for the time, included industrial elements, like this sugar-beet factory near Pissarro’s home in Pontoise. Like other impressionist paintings, this…
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Camille Pissarro
Places:
Paris, French Third Republic (Paris, France)
Date:
1873