Dr. Julius Baum

Dr. Julius Baum was born in Wiesbaden on April 9, 1882.His parents were Hermann Baum senior,partner of the company Nassauische Leinenindustrie Joseph Maier Baum and the pianist Julia Anna Baum, née Bloch.After attending the  humanistic „Königliches Gymnasium zu Wiesbaden“ he studied art history, history and regional studies in Berlin,München and Tübingen.1905 He received his doctorate from the University of Tingen - the title of his dissertation was "Die Kirchen des Baumeisters Heinrich Schickhardt" (The Churches of the Master Builder Heinrich Schickhardt). Julius Baum found his first professional field of work in 1908 in Stuttgart at the State Collection for Patrimonial Art and Antiquities as an assistant and conservator. His habilitation took place in 1912 with Heinrich Weizsäcker at the Technical University of Stuttgart. With his habilitation and the 1911 published publication " Die Ulmer Plastik um 1500 " he was a private lecturer at the Technical University and lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart.1914-1918 he participated as a war volunteer in World War I.1923 Dr. Julius Baum followed the call of the city of Ulm to the director of the city museum with the mission to redesign the previous Gewerbemuseum and the establishment of a gallery of modern art. When the National Socialists came to power in 1933, Dr. Julius Baum was suspended with immediate effect from March 18, 1933, and finally dismissed at the end of May 1933. Julius Baum, who had married Emma Gruner in 1929, then moved back to Stuttgart with his family, where he tried to regain his footing as a private lecturer. As a result of the Night of Broken Glass, Dr. Julius Baum was taken to the Welzheim protective custody camp for more than four weeks.

In February 1939, he and his family escaped with serious health problems to Switzerland.

After the end of the war, he was director of the Württemberg State Museum from 1947 to 1952.