Julie Braun-Vogelstein (1883–1971) was a German-born American art historian, author, editor, and journalist.[1][2][3][4]
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Born | Julie Braun-Vogelstein 1883 |
Died | 1971 (age 89) |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Art historian, author, editor, and journalist |
Spouse | Heinrich Braun |
Parent | Heinemann Vogelstein |
Relatives | Hermann Vogelstein (brother) Theodor Vogelstein (brother) Ludwig Vogelstein (brother)[1] |
She 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]
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