Lotte Brand Philip, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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art historian
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Place of Birth: Altona, Hamburg, Germany
About Lotte Brand Philip
- Lotte Brand Philip (May 27, 1910 – May 2, 1986) was a German art historian, professor and expert on Netherlandish art, one of the most notable and incisive experts on 14th- and 15th-century art to have studied under Erwin Panofsky.
- Born a Christian of Jewish descent, she resisted state intimidation to leave Germany, only moving to the United States in 1941.
- She began her new life as a jewelry designer, before establishing a career as an art historian and writer, and taking professorship at a number of universities, including New York University and Queens College, Flushing.
- During her long career, Brand wrote highly regarded books and monographs on artists such as Jan van Eyck, Albrecht Dürer and Hieronymus Bosch, and in 1980 became emeritus at Queens.
- Brand Philip died on May 2, 1986 in New York City.
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