Esmé Berman

Esmé Berman (1929 – 4 June 2017[1]) was a South African art historian.[2] She earned a degree in visual arts from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1946.[3] In 1952, she married Hymie Berman, an art collector.[4] She is best known for writing Art and Artists of South Africa, the first comprehensive reference work on South African artists, in 1970.[5] Witswatersrand conferred an honorary doctorate on Berman in 2016 to recognize her contributions to South African art.[6]

References
  1. "Esmé Berman". SAHO. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  2. Barron, Chris (11 June 2017). "Obituary: Esmé Berman, pioneering historian of SA art and artists". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  3. "Esmé Berman". South African History Online. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  4. Barron, Chris (11 June 2017). "Obituary: Esmé Berman, pioneering historian of SA art and artists". South African Sunday Times. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  5. Berman, Esmé (1970). Art and artists of South Africa: an ill. biographical dictionary and hist. survey of painters and graphic artists since 1875. Cape Town: Balkema. OCLC 310609819.
  6. Linde, Steve (7 May 2016). "Wits honors Esmé Berman for contribution to S. African art". Jerusalem Post.


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