Betty Asher (May 6, 1914 – 1994) was an American art collector and dealer.
[6] Asher attended a normal school (teacher training college) in Chicago for one year before beginning training to become a nurse at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago.
[6] She graduated as an RN and spent about four years in private nursing.
[5][7] The couple had two children, Reina Asher (Allen) and Michael Asher (who would become a well known conceptual artist[8]), and three granddaughters, Pamela, Debra, and Tara.
Aside from being a collector, she was curatorial assistant at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for 13 years (1966–79), and co-founded and co-owned Asher-Faure Gallery with Patricia Faure from 1979-90.