Édouard Salomon Crémieux (21 January 1856,

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– May 1944,

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) was a French painter of Jewish ancestry. He specialized in rural and coastal scenes.

Biography

His father, Saul Appolon Crémieux (1826-1918) was a

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and

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. ''Le Mémorial de la déportation des Juifs de France'', Nouvelle édition 2012 He initially studied with and

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at the

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in Paris. Later, he worked with

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. After that, he returned to Marseille. He exhibited at the salon of the Association des Artistes Provençaux and at the Salon Rhodanien. In 1892, he was given honourable mention at the Paris

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, followed by a third-class medal in 1897. For several years, he was Director of the Association des Artistes Marseillais. He married Adrienne Sarah Ester Padova, who was fourteen years his junior, in 1894. They had three sons, two of whom became well known: , a doctor, and

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, a popular movie actor. Their third son, Gustave, died in 1925, when he was only twenty-two. In April 1944 he, Adrienne and Albert were taken to the

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, then transferred to Auschwitz, where he was murdered on arrival. Adrienne followed shortly after. Possibly due to his profession, Albert survived.Édouard Crémieux
@ the Mémorial de la Shoah His works may be seen at the

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, Musée d'histoire de Marseille, , and the .

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