Berta Zuckerkandl

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Berta Zuckerkandl
Bertha Zuckerkandl (Vilma Lwoff-Parlaghy, 1886)
Bertha Zuckerkandl (Vilma Lwoff-Parlaghy, 1886)
BornBerta Zuckerkandl-Szeps
(1864-02-13)13 February 1864
Died16 October 1945(1945-10-16) (aged 81)
LanguageAustrian
NationalityAustrian
SpouseEmil Zuckerkandl
RelativesMoritz Szeps (father)

Berta Zuckerkandl-Szeps (born Bertha Szeps; 13 April 1864 – 16 October 1945)[1] was an Austrian writer, journalist, and art critic.

Bertha Szeps was the daughter of Galician Jewish liberal newspaper publisher Moritz Szeps and was raised in Vienna. She was married to the Hungarian anatomist Emil Zuckerkandl.

Plaque commemorating Zuckerkandl's salon, Palais Lieben-Auspitz, Vienna

From end of the 19th century until 1938, she led an important

Salzburg Music Festival
.

In 1938, she emigrated to Paris and later to Algiers. She returned in 1945 to Paris and died there the same year. She is buried at the Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Works

  • My life and History. Alfred A. Knopf. New York, 1939. Translated by John Sommerfield
  • Die Pflege der Kunst in Österreich 1848–1898.
  • Dekorative Kunst und Kunstgewerbe. Wien, 1900
  • Zeitkunst Wien 1901–1907. Hugo Heller, Wien, 1908
  • Ich erlebte 50 Jahre Weltgeschichte. Bermann-Fischer Verlag, Stockholm, 1939
  • Clemenceau tel que je l'ai connu. Algier, 1944
  • Österreich intim. Erinnerungen 1892–1942. )

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