Julius Elias Explained

Julius Elias should not be confused with Julius Elias, 1st Viscount Southwood.

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

He was born in Hoya and died in Berlin. his parents were Louis Juda Elias and Helene Elias.[1] He was a lecturer in art history at the Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg, and also an art collector. As an art critic he favored Impressionism.[2] In literature, he is among other known as a co-publisher of German translations of Henrik Ibsen (14 volumes, 1898-1909) and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (4 volumes, 1911).

Elias married Julie Levy, a successful author,[3] 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.[4] [5]

Art collector

Among the paintings in Elias' collection was Monet's Garden at Giverny, which Galerie Aktuaryus sold to the Emil Georg Bührle in 1941 (inv 72).[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dr. phil. Julius Daniel Elias. 2022-02-03. geni_family_tree. en-US.
  2. Book: Benjamin, Walter. The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media. 2008. Harvard University Press. 978-0-674-02445-8. 358.
  3. Web site: 2016-07-04. Elias, Julie. Das Neue Kochbuch. 1925 German-Jewish History. 2022-02-03. 2016-07-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20160704204526/https://www.lbi.org/2014/04/das-neue-kochbuch-author-julie-elias/. bot: unknown.
  4. Web site: Dr. jur. Karl Ludwig* Elias. 2022-02-03. geni_family_tree. en-US.
  5. Web site: Portrait of Carl Ludwig Elias 7 1/4 by Lovis Corinth Oil, 1899.. https://web.archive.org/web/20210515212947/https://germanexpressionismleicester.org/leicesters-collection/artists-and-artworks/lovis-corinth/portrait-of-carl-ludwig-elias-7-14/. 2021-05-15. germanexpressionismleicester.org. Carl Ludwig Elias was the son of the distinguished art critic, Dr Julius Elias, who did much to promote a true understanding of French Impressionism in Germany. He was a lawyer in Berlin and emigrated to Norway when the Nazis came to power. He was subsequently captured and died in a concentration camp..
  6. Web site: List of objects proposed for protection under Part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (protection of cultural objects on loan).

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