Ala Story
Ala Story | |
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| Born | Emilie Anna Maria Heyszl von Heyszenau 1907 |
| Died | 1972 (aged 64–65) |
| Education | Academy of Fine Arts Vienna |
| Occupation(s) | Gallerist, curator |
| Partner | Margaret Mallory |
| Awards | Honorary Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, Santa Barbara (1968) |
Ala Story (born April 25, 1907, Vienna, Austria-Hungary; d. April 2, 1972, Santa Barbara, California), born Emilie Anna Maria Heyszl von Heyszenau, was a gallerist and curator, as well as the director of the American British Art Center in New York and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (1952–57). She was the daughter of an Austrian colonel and cavalry commandant, W. von Heyszenau, and traced her lineage on her mother's side back to a 12th-century minnesanger, Hoffman van der Aue.