Zaloscer, Hilde#
Zaloscer, Hilde, b. Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina), June 15, 1903, d. Vienna, Dec. 20, 1999, art historian, author. From 1918 lived in Vienna; studied art history; 1927-1936 editor of the art magazine "Belvedere". Due to anti-Semitism in Vienna emigrated to Egypt in 1936; 1946-1968 professor of art history at the University of Alexandria; 1968-1970 lived temporarily in Vienna; 1970-1972 professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, then returned to Vienna; 1975-1978 lecturer at the University of Vienna. Leading international expert on Coptic art.
Publications#
Portraits aus dem Wuestensand, 1961; Aegyptische Wirkereien, 1962; Vom Mumienbild zur Ikone, 1969; Die Kunst im christlichen Aegypten, 1974; Eine Heimkehr gibt es nicht, 1988; Zur Genese der koptischen Kunst, 1991.