| Birth Name: | Julie Braun-Vogelstein |
| Birth Date: | 1883 |
| Birth Place: | Szczecin |
| Death Date: | 1971 (age 89) |
| Death Place: | New York City, New York |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Art historian, author, editor, and journalist |
| Spouse: | Heinrich Braun |
| Parents: | Heinemann Vogelstein |
| Relations: | Hermann Vogelstein (brother) Theodor Vogelstein (brother) Ludwig Vogelstein (brother)[1] |
Julie Braun-Vogelstein (1883–1971) was a German-born American art historian, author, editor, and journalist.[1] [2] [3]
She was born in Stettin in Germany (now Szczecin, Poland). Julie Vogelstein was the daughter of rabbi Heinemann Vogelstein and sister of rabbi, and industrialists Ludwig Vogelstein and . She studied art history and Egyptology at the University of Munich and University of Berlin.[4] 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.[5] 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).[5] [3] Otto Braun was her stepson, who died in World War I.[5]
Her husband died in 1927; they did not have any children.[4] Braun-Vogelstein died in New York City.[1] [4] Services were held at Riverside Memorial Chapel.[4]
A biographical encyclopedia
. 2002. Julie Braun-Vogelstein .