| Code | DS/UK/1528 |
| Dates | 1898-1975 |
| Person Name | Schubart; Herta, née Müller (1898-1975); Dr.phil. |
| Surname | Schubart |
| Forenames | Herta, née Müller |
| Title | Dr.phil. |
| Activity | Art historian and cultural journalist. |
| Relationships | Daughter of Julius Müller and Rose Müller, née Bertelsmann; sister: Rose; married Schubarth (1920), divorced (1923); married Heinz Karpeles (1945), divorced (1959); mother of Marianne Schubarth-Vibach (1921-2021). |
| History | Studied History of Art in Munich, Jena, Würzburg, Hamburg (1917-1920; 1925-1929); completed doctoral dissertation, 'Die Bibelillustrationen des Bernard Salomon' (1929); emigrated from Germany to Spain (1933), worked at Santander International University and later in Madrid; collaborated on work with Jean Jacques Mesnil (1934); became member of 'Mujeres Antifascistas' (1936); illegally worked as servant in Paris after outbreak of Spanish Civil War (summer 1937); moved in with her daughter to live with Mesnil and his sick wife (autumn 1937); emigrated to England, lived with Mrs Cantlie in Sussex (winter 1937); lived in Brent Knoll with Agnes Fry (1938); worked for 'Movement for the Care of Children' (1938-1940); re-emigrated to Germany and worked for Civil Censorship Division (1945); journalist for Radio and Franfurter Rundschau (1946-1949); worked for Bavarian Radio (1949-). |
| Source | DLA Marbach, Abteilung Archiv
Wendland, Ulrike, Biographisches Handbuch deutschsprachiger Kunsthistoriker im Exil, Vol. 2, Munich 1999, pp. 625-626. |
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