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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 Juliane (Julie) Levy, a successful author,[3] in 1888.
With his wife Julie, Elias had a son, Ludwig Elias (1891–1942 also known as Karl Ludwig Elias), who was murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz.[4][5]
Art collector
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dr. phil. Julius Daniel Elias". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ Benjamin, Walter (2008). The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media. Harvard University Press. p. 358. ISBN 978-0-674-02445-8.
- ^ "Elias, Julie. Das Neue Kochbuch. 1925 | German-Jewish History". 2016-07-04. Archived from the original on 2016-07-04. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Dr. jur. Karl Ludwig* Elias". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ "Portrait of Carl Ludwig Elias 7 1/4 by Lovis Corinth Oil, 1899". germanexpressionismleicester.org. Archived from the original on 2021-05-15.
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.
- ^ "List of objects proposed for protection under Part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (protection of cultural objects on loan)" (PDF).
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