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Rosamond Margaret Rosenbaum Bernier  (October 1, 1916–November 9, 2016) was an art critic, an editor and an art lecturer. Bernier was co-founder of L'ŒIL, a French magazine.

Early life and education
Rosamond Margaret Rosenbaum was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania on October 1, 1916 to Samuel R. and Rosamond (Rawlins) Rosenbaum. She had two siblings, a sister and a brother. Her brother died when she was six years old. Her mother died when she was eight.

Her father was a lawyer and director of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

Marriages
She married Lewis Riley, a land developer at age 19 while still attending Sarah Lawrence College. They were divorced in 1943.

In 1948, she married art dealer Georges Bernier. They founded L’Oeil, the French art journal. They divorced in 1969.

John Russell was her third husband.

in 1947 Bernier moved to Paris to be the European Features Editor for Vogue magazine. She covered European cultural life post-World War Two.

Later life and death
Bernier retired from lecturing in 2008, the year her husband Russell died.

Bernier died in November 2016 at age 100.