Katarina Ambrozić

Art historian , curator, art critic , translator and professor. She is the first art historian from Yugoslavia to receive a doctorate in modern art. Born in Mostar, she studied in Belgrade, Ljubljana and Paris. She was a curator, scientific advisor and head of the Department of Foreign Art at the National Museum in Belgrade.

She also held a professorial role at the University of Novi Sad. In 1978 she was elected head of the Department of Fine Arts of the Academy of Arts, and in 1978 vice-dean for scientific and artistic activities for two terms, while in 1992 she was elected the first president of the Scientific and Artistic Council. She is the author of 26 monographs and books, 160 scientific papers, over 350 art critics and a translator of 24 books.

She holds the French Order of the Knight of the First Order for Literature and Art La Croix de Chevalier des Arts et Lettres (1984).