Max Raphael, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Max Raphael

German art historian

Date of Birth: 27-Aug-1889

Place of Birth: Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 14-Jul-1952

Profession: art historian

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

For the English actor, see Max Raphael (Actor).
For the pseudonymous American actor with the same name see Lloyd Sherr. Max Raphael (August 27, 1889 – July 14, 1952) was a German-American art historian.
He was of Jewish parentage.
He was born on August 27, 1889, in Schönlanke, Prussia, Germany.
Between 1924 and 1932 he taught art history to the working class at the Volkhochschule in Berlin.
With the rise of the Nazis he moved to Paris, where he continued his writing.
After the Germans occupied Paris in 1940 he was temporarily interned at Gurs internment camp and Camp des Milles.
Once released he migrated, with help from the Quakers, to the United States through Barcelona and Lisbon.
In New York Raphael lived in penury until he received one of the first fellowships awarded by the Bollingen Foundation.
He died by suicide in New York City on July 14, 1952.