Berta Zuckerkandl-Szeps

In 1888 the couple moved to Vienna, where he had obtained a professorship. From 1888 until 1938, Zuckerkandl led a major literary salon in Vienna, an informal weekly get-together, originally from a villa in Nußwaldgasse, Döbling, later in the Oppolzergasse near the Burgtheater. Many famous Viennese artists and personalities, including Gustav Klimt, Gustav Mahler, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Max Reinhardt, Arthur Schnitzler Stefan Zweig, Egon Friedell and others, such as French sculptor Auguste Rodin when in Vienna, frequented the salon. Protégés of the salon included Anton Kolig and Sebastian Isepp of the. Her sister Sophie (1862–1937) was married to Paul Clemenceau, brother of French President Georges Clemenceau, which meant that she also had strong ties with Parisian artistic circles. She translated a number of plays from French to German and was a co-founder of the Salzburg Music Festival. Due to Anschluss in 1938, she was forced to emigrate: first to Paris and later to Algiers. She returned to Paris in 1945 and died there that same autumn. She is buried at the Père Lachaise Cemetery.

• Name — Berta Zuckerkandl • Birth Name — Berta Zuckerkandl-Szeps • Born — 13 February 1864 • Died — 16 October 1945 • Language — Austrian • Spouse — Emil Zuckerkandl • Relatives — Moritz Szeps (father)

• 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, Frankfurt am Main, 1988)

Berta Zuckerkandl-Szeps is recorded with the occupation translator. Recorded as translator, journalist, art critic, salonnière and writer. Recorded at birth as Berta Szeps.