Esmé Berman (1929 - 4 June 2017) was a South African art historian.
She earned a degree in
visual arts
The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile arts al ...
from the
University of the Witwatersrand
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (), is a multi-campus South African Public university, public research university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg. It is more commonly known as Wits University or Wits ( o ...
in 1946. In 1952, she married Hymie Berman, an art collector. She is best known for writing ''Art and Artists of South Africa'', the first comprehensive reference work on South African artists, in 1970. Witswatersrand conferred an honorary doctorate on Berman in 2016 to recognize her contributions to South African art.
References
External links
South African History Online profile
1929 births
2017 deaths
South African art historians
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