Julius Elias

Not to be confused with Julius Elias, 1st Viscount Southwood.
In his studio, Matthäikirchstr.4, Berlin, about 1905

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. He was a docent in art history at the Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg, and also an art collector. As an art critic he favored Impressionism.[1] 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).

References

  1. 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.

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