Julie Braun-Vogelstein (1883–1971) was a German-born American art historian, author, editor, and journalist.

Biography

She was born in

Stettin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin language, Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Po ...

in Germany (now Szczecin, Poland). Julie Vogelstein was the daughter of rabbi

Heinemann Vogelstein Heinemann Vogelstein (February 13, 1841 - August 4, 1911) was a German rabbi and leader of Reform Judaism in Germany. Biography Heinemann Vogelstein was born in Lippe on February 13, 1841, the son of Julie (née Adler) and Israel Vogelstein. In ...

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 The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's List of universities in Germany, sixth-oldest u ...

and

University of Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...

. In 1919 she received her PhD from the

University of Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

. 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. She was a member of the board of the

Leo Baeck Institute The Leo Baeck Institute, established in 1955, is an international research institute with centres in New York City, London, and Jerusalem that are devoted to the study of the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry. Baeck was its first intern ...

. She was the secretary of

Heinrich Braun Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Braun (1 January 1862 – 26 April 1934) was a German surgeon remembered for his work in the field of anaesthesiology. He was a native of Rawitsch, Province of Posen (today called Rawicz, Poland). Braun attended the Kr ...

(1854–1927), and became his second wife after the death of his wife

Lily Braun Lily Braun (2 July 1865 – 8 August 1916), born Amalie von Kretschmann, was a German feminist writer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Life She was born in Halberstadt, in the Prussian province of Saxony, the daught ...

(1865–1916). She was also the editor of Lily Braun's ''Collected Works''. 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). Otto Braun was her stepson, who died in

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. Her husband died in 1927; they did not have any children. Braun-Vogelstein died in New York City. Services were held at

Riverside Memorial Chapel The Riverside Memorial Chapel is a Jewish funeral home chain with their main facility at 180 West 76th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City.Guide to the Julie Braun-Vogelstein Collection, 1743-1971, Leo Baeck Institute

1883 births 1971 deaths German art historians German women journalists Jewish women writers Women art historians German women historians Emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United States 20th-century German journalists American art historians 20th-century German women {{US-art-historian-stub