Julius Elias (12 July 1861 – 2 July 1927) was a German art historian, literary historian and translator. He was born in

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and died in Berlin. his parents were Louis Juda Elias and Helene Elias. He was a lecturer in art history at the Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg, and also an art collector. As an art critic he favored Impressionism. In literature, he is among other known as a co-publisher of German translations of

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(14 volumes, 1898-1909) and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (4 volumes, 1911). Elias married Julie Levy, a successful author, in 1888. With his wife, Juliane (Julie), Elias had a son, Ludwig Elias (1891–1942 also known as Dr. Karl Ludwig Elias), who was murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz.

Art collector

Among the paintings in Elias' collection was Monet's Garden at Giverny, which Galerie Aktuaryus sold to the

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in 1941 (inv 72).

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