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Berta Zuckerkandl-Szeps (born Bertha Szeps; 13 April 1864 – 16 October 1945)"Bertha Zuckerkandl"
, Austrian National Library was an Austrian writer, journalist, and
From end of the 19th century until 1938, she led an important literary salon in Vienna, originally from a villa in Döbling, later in the Oppolzergasse near the
, Austrian National Library was an Austrian writer, journalist, and
art critic
An art critic is a person who is specialized in analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating art. Their written critiques or reviews contribute to art criticism and they are published in newspapers, magazines, books, exhibition brochures, and catalogue ...
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Bertha Szeps was the daughter of Galician Jewish liberal newspaper publisher Moritz Szeps
Moritz Szeps (5 November 1835, Busk – 9 August 1902, Vienna) was an Austrian newspaper tycoon who founded and published the ''Neues Wiener Tagblatt'' (1867-1886), ''Wiener Tagblatt'' (1886-1894), and ''Das Wissen für'' ''Alle'' (1900).
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and was raised in Vienna. She was married to the Hungarian anatomist Emil Zuckerkandl
Emil Zuckerkandl (1 September 1849 in Győr, Hungary – 28 May 1910 in Vienna, Austria) was a Hungarian anatomist.
Biography
Zuckerkandl was born in Győr on 1 September 1849, to a Jewish family. He had two brothers: the industrialist V ...
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From end of the 19th century until 1938, she led an important literary salon in Vienna, originally from a villa in Döbling, later in the Oppolzergasse near the Burgtheater
The Burgtheater (literally:"Castle Theater" but alternatively translated as "(Imperial) Court Theater"), originally known as '' K.K. Theater an der Burg'', then until 1918 as the ''K.K. Hofburgtheater'', is the national theater of Austria in Vi ...
. Many famous Viennese artists and personalities including Auguste Rodin, Gustav Klimt, Gustav Mahler, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Max Reinhardt, Arthur Schnitzler Stefan Zweig, Egon Friedell and others frequented the salon. Protégés of the salon include Anton Kolig and of the . Her sister Sophie (1862–1937) was married to Paul Clemenceau, the brother of the French President Georges Clemenceau, and, therefore, she also had good ties to Parisian artistic circles. She translated a number of plays from French to German and was a cofounder of the 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''. Propyläen, Frankfurt/Main, 1970 (paperback edition: Ullstein Verlag, Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main, 1988; )Further reading
* : ''In meinem Salon ist Österreich. Berta Zuckerkandl und ihre Zeit. 3.'' A. Herold, Wien 1985See also
* Salon of Berta ZuckerkandlReferences