Max Raphael (August 27, 1889 – July 14, 1952) was a German-American art historian.
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.
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.