Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1964 - 1990 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
40 boxes, photographs
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Mrs Esme Berman was born in 1929 and studied at the University of the Witwatersrand and Trinity College, London. She is a distinguished art critic and historian, and was involved in a great number of art projects. She was the founder of the Children's Art Centre in Johannesburg, Director of the Art Institute South Africa, executive member of the S.A. Association of Arts, professional adviser to the Rembrandt van Rijn Art Foundation and permanent art critic to the SABC and various journals. She was the selector and adjudicator for various national and international art exhibitions, and the author of 'Art and Artists of South Africa' and other books and articles.
Mrs Berman is now living in the USA.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This collection includes manuscripts of books and articles, correspondence with artists, gallery owners, government departments and art organisations, notes on artists and research material for publications, as well as photographs of artists and art work.