Julius Bernhard Stern (born 26 July 1858 in Hamburg; died 23 March 1914 in Berlin) was a German Jewish banker, art collector and philanthropist.
He also held numerous supervisory board positions, including at the Dresdner Bank and the arms manufacturer Ludwig Loewe & Co. Julius Stern was married to Malgonia Karpeles (1871-1914).
Malgonia Stern was a pupil of the painter Dora Hitz, the writer Otto Julius Bierbaum dedicated a poem to her and the sculptor Georg Kolbe created a portrait bust of her.
[9] In addition to the portraits Max Liebermann painted of Julius Stern, Stern's collection included Garden of the Old Man's House in Amsterdam, Emperor Friedrich's Memorial Party near Kösen, Dutch Sewing School, Horse Servants on the Beach, Beer Garden and Corso on Monte Pincio.
He also owned Woman with Flowers by Lovis Corinth, Trotting Races (today National Gallery Berlin) by Max Slevogt, Red Tulips in a Green Jar and Apples and Grapes on a Plate by Curt Herrmann, Merano Landscape and Pine Forest by Walter Leistikow, In the Café by Lesser Ury, Landscape in a Thunderstorm (View of Lankwitz and Marienfelde) by Max Beckmann (today Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Cologne), Dorfhäuser (Village Houses) by Leopold von Kalckreuth, Gardeoffizier im Walde (Guard Officer in the Woods) by Wilhelm Trübner and the works Reigen (Round Dance), Allegorie (Allegory) and Sommerfreunde (Summer Friends) by Ludwig von Hofmann.
Other Impressionist works in the Stern Collection were Sunset by Camille Pissarro, Bathers by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Shore of the Seine by Alfred Sisley, Child with Cat by the American Mary Cassatt, who lived in Paris, and Three Russian Dancers by Edgar Degas, drawn in coloured chalk (today Swedish National Museum, Stockholm).
Late Impressionist paintings in the Stern Collection were Tulips in a Vase[10] (now Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena) by Paul Cézanne, Garden at Arles (destroyed in World War II) and Olive Harvest at Arles (now National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.) by Vincent van Gogh[11] and Te arii vahine (now Pushkin Museum, Moscow) by Paul Gauguin.
His coffin was laid out in front of his picture gallery and dignatories from the world of finance, commerce, politics as well as art and science attended his funeral, including the Vice-President of the German Reichstag.