Introduction: Old threads woven into new dimensions

Abstract

The following articles contributed to the international conference: ´Great Women Art Historians’, coordinated by the Association of Austrian Art Historians in November 2021 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. The introduction develops the theme of the conference through the lens of the art historiography of the Vienna School, tracing how and why the history of three generations of women art historians was wiped out.

Keywords

• women art historians
• renate wagner-rieger
• erica tietze-conrat
• irene adler
• hilde zaloscer