| Berman, Muriel, 1924-2004 | ||||||||||||||||
| type | Collector | |||||||||||||||
| dates | 1924-2004 | |||||||||||||||
| city | Allentown | |||||||||||||||
| state | PA | |||||||||||||||
| other cities | Pittsburgh, PA; | |||||||||||||||
| sex | F | |||||||||||||||
| history |
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. |
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| decades | 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 1990-2000 |
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| updated | 02/14/2025 10:12:24 | |||||||||||||||
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| see also | Berman, Philip, 1915-1997
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