Bertha Urdang

Bertha Urdang (April 12, 1912 – February 22, 2001) was an Israeli art collector and gallery owner born in England.

Bertha Urdang studied the history of art at the University of London, aesthetics at the Sorbonne in Paris, and then made aliyah to the Land of Israel in 1934.

[1][2] She went to America for two months a year to spread the word on Israeli art and sell the work.

[1] Urdang closed her New York gallery in 1993 and moved to Beit HaKerem, Jerusalem.

Bertha Urdang’s archives are currently housed in the Information Center for Israeli Art, at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.