Julie Braun-Vogelstein (1883–1971) was a German-born American art historian, author, editor, and journalist.[1][2][3][4]
Julie Braun-Vogelstein | |
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 Braun-Vogelstein in 1934 | |
| Born | Julie Braun-Vogelstein 1883 |
| Died | 1971 (age 89) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Art historian, author, editor, and journalist |
| Spouse | Heinrich Braun |
| Parent | Heinemann Vogelstein |
| Relatives | Hermann Vogelstein (brother) Theodor Vogelstein (brother) Ludwig Vogelstein (brother)[1] |
Biography
editShe was born in Stettin in Germany (now Szczecin, Poland). Julie Vogelstein was the daughter of rabbi Heinemann Vogelstein and sister of rabbi de:Hermann Vogelstein, and industrialists Ludwig Vogelstein and de:Theodor Vogelstein. She studied art history and Egyptology at the University of Munich and University of Berlin.[5] In 1919 she received her PhD from the University of Heidelberg.[2] In 1935 she left Germany for France and later the United States. In 1936 she went to California, and she lived in Carmel from time-to-time thereafter.[3] She was a member of the board of the Leo Baeck Institute.[6]
She was the secretary of Heinrich Braun (1854–1927), and became his second wife after the death of his wife Lily Braun (1865–1916).[1] She was also the editor of Lily Braun's Collected Works.[7]
She wrote and edited many books; for example she wrote Art: The Image of the West (1952) and edited The Diary of Otto Braun (1924).[3][4] Otto Braun was her stepson, who died in World War I.[3]
Her husband died in 1927; they did not have any children.[5] Braun-Vogelstein died in New York City.[1][5] Services were held at Riverside Memorial Chapel.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Guide to the Julie Braun-Vogelstein Collection, 1743-1971AR 25034 / MF 473".
- ^ a b Commire, Anne, ed. (2002). "Julie Braun-Vogelstein". Women in World History: A biographical encyclopedia.
- ^ a b c d James Karman (15 July 2015). The Collected Letters of Robinson Jeffers, with Selected Letters of Una Jeffers: Volume Three, 1940-1962. Stanford University Press. pp. 182–. ISBN 978-0-8047-9477-0.
- ^ a b "DNB, Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek".
- ^ a b c d "Dr. Julie Braun-Vogelstein Dies; German Party Leader's Widow". The New York Times. 9 February 1971.
- ^ Leo Baeck Institute; Fred Grubel (1990). Catalog of the Archival Collections. Mohr Siebeck. pp. 23–. ISBN 978-3-16-145597-1.
- ^ Ute Lischke (2000). Lily Braun, 1865-1916: German Writer, Feminist, Socialist. Camden House. pp. 15–. ISBN 978-1-57113-169-0.
External links
edit- Guide to the Julie Braun-Vogelstein Collection, 1743-1971, Leo Baeck Institute
- Literature by, edited by, and about Julie Braun-Vogelstein in the catalog of the German National Library (in German)
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