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Picture Stories.

Portraits of Munich Jews

15.05.2024 - 02.03.2025 ,
Jüdisches Museum München (Jewish Museum Munich)

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A boy in a sailor suit, a lady in a beret and with huge puffed sleeves, a rabbi with an open prayer book. In its exhibition entitled “Picture Stories. Portraits of Munich Jews,” the Jewish Museum Munich shows wellknown and forgotten faces and asks: Who had their portrait painted by whom? How did they want to be seen? What kind of person did they want to represent?
The works from the 19th and early 20th centuries tell of the self-image of Jewish families in Munich and their contribution to urban society up until their persecution by the Nazis, and reveal the diversity of Jewish identities. Many of the portraits shown survived with family members in exile and had long been forgotten in Munich.

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Last edited on 10.06.2024

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Image gallery

Portrait of the Lippschütz family, three children sitting on a red sofa, the parents standing behind them, the background is dark, framed by a square, elegant frame, artist unknown, Hürben, around 1855, photo: Franz Kimmel (opens enlarged image)
Portrait of the Lippschütz family, artist unknown, Hürben, around 1855 © Jüdisches Museum München. Photo: Franz Kimmel
Portrait of Hans Rosenthal, as a boy in a sailor suit, magnificent square gold frame (opens enlarged image)
Portrait of Hans Rosenthal, Gerda Carré, Munich, 1915/1916 © Jüdisches Museum München. Photo: Eva Jünge
Portrait of Lehmann Bernheimer in half profile, sitting on a wooden chair with backrest, dark background with gold frame (opens enlarged image)
Portrait of Lehmann Bernheimer, Franz von Lenbach, Munich, 1903 © Jüdisches Museum München. Photo: Eva Jünger
Portrait of Priska Schluttenhofer with round glasses and a large hat against a white background, wearing a black dress with a white collar. (opens enlarged image)
Portrait of Priska Schluttenhofer, Leonhard Eckertsperger, Munich, 1935 © Jüdisches Museum München. Photo: Eva Jünge

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Museum / Exhibition Centre: Jüdisches Museum München (Jewish Museum Munich)

The entire diversity of Jewish history, art and culture - including the current situation of Jewish life - is the focus of the Jüdisches Museum München (Jewish Museum Munich). In its changing...

Location: München