14 Facts About Annely Juda

Annely Juda's father was a chemist and he had bought a building that had belonged to Goethe.

Annely Juda's mother was a designer of clothing and typefaces.

Annely Juda's family were Jewish and they left to escape persecution following her father being arrested in 1933.

Annely Juda's grandmother decided to stay and she eventually committed suicide to avoid being deported by the Nazis.

Annely Juda's family went to work in Palestine but after three years she left to find her fortune in London.

Annely Juda married Paul Juda on 15 November 1939 and he was able to arrange for her parents to join them in England.

The couple separated in 1955 and Annely Juda left her husband and returned to England with her son and two daughters.

Annely Juda worked to earn money to feed her three children and she was assisted by Wilma Kuvecke in 1956.

Annely Juda exhibited American art, including work by Jackson Pollock and British artists such as William Turnbull, Robyn Denny and Gillian Ayres.

Annely Juda's exhibitions were full of abstract pictures that visitors could interpret with the gallery's brochures.

In 1998 Annely Juda was appointed as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire and she took Wilma Kuvecke with her to the ceremony.

Annely Juda's gallery is still being run by her son, David.

Notable artists represented by Annely Juda have included Anthony Caro, David Hockney, Leon Kossoff and Christo.

Annely Juda introduced several Japanese artists; she represented Katsura Funakoshi, Yuko Shiraishi and Toko Shinoda.