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Berman, Muriel, 1924-2004 print view role Collector dates 1924-2004 city Allentown state PA other cities Pittsburgh, PA; sex F historical notes Muriel Mallin Berman (née Block) was an art collector, patron, dealer (in 1975, opened Hess's Fine Arts Gallery), philanthropist (benefactor of the Philadelphia Museum of Art), and optometrist. Together with her husband, Philip Berman (1915-1997, m. 1942), she formed an art collection which included world War II American art, twentieth century European and American sculpture, African art, Eastern European art, South American art, Japanese prints, and works by Israeli artists. The collection included work by, among others, Rembrandt, Mary Cassatt, Henry Moore, Lynn Chadwick, George M. Harding, Benjamin West, Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Francoise Gilot, Albert Jean Adolphe, Marc Chagall, and Robert Rauschenberg. The Bermans established the Philip and Muriel Berman Center for Jewish Studies at Lehigh University, and the Center for Biblical Archaeology at Hebrew University. decades of activity 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 1990-2000 updated 02/14/2025 10:12:24 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Lehigh University Special Collections, Linderman Library The Philip I. and Muriel M. Berman Papers [manuscript]: Collection I, 1915-1999.(SC MS 095) see details... Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives Anne d'Harnoncourt Records, 1973-2008, n.d. see details... Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives Anne d'Harnoncourt Papers, ca. 1927-2009, n.d. (bulk 1951-2008) see details... Lehigh University Special Collections, Linderman Library The Philip I. and Muriel M. Berman Papers : Collection II (SC MS 0115) see details... see also: Berman, Philip, 1915-1997 «  back