Studied art history and history in Vienna. 1995-2008 employee at the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere (art education). Research focus on forgotten Jewish women artists of the first half of the 20th century. 2020-2024 Provenance researcher at the Jewish Community Vienna, Art Restitution Department. Member of the Commission for Provenance Research.
The painter and graphic artist Sofie Korner was the second eldest of five children of Zacharias Korner, a product trader, scythe manufacturer and patron of the Vienna Urania from Lviv, and his wife Pauline.