Annely Juda was born in 1914 to a Jewish family in Kassel, Germany, fleeing to Palestine in 1933 and arriving in London in 1936. In 1939 she married Paul Juda, going on to study dress design at the Reimann School of Art and Design. The couple returned to Germany after the war, but separated in 1955 and she returned to London with her children, starting to work in the art business in 1956 and founding the Molton Gallery in 1960, Hamilton Gallery in 1963 and Annely Juda Fine Art – with her son David – in 1968.
Art dealer Anneliese Emily Brauer was born in 1914 to a Jewish family in Kassel, Germany. Following her father's arrest in 1933, the family fled to Palestine; three years later, she arrived in London with only £1 in her pocket, and found employment at a lodging house for German refugees in Hampstead, in return for her keep. There she met Paul Juda, whom she married in 1939 and whose family financed her studies in dress design at the Reimann School of Art and Design. She arranged for her own family to join them in London. During the war Juda volunteered to work for the Women's Royal Voluntary Service, delivering food to people who had been bombed out during the Blitz. The couple returned to Germany after the war but separated in 1955 and she returned to London with her son and two daughters. She began work in the art business in 1956 and founded the Molton Gallery in 1960. The Hamilton Gallery followed, where from 1963–67 she exhibited American art, including work by Jackson Pollock and British artists such as William Turnbull, Robyn Denny and Gillian Ayres. In 1968, she opened Annely Juda Fine Art with her son David – notable artists represented by Juda have included Anthony Caro, David Hockney and Leon Kossoff – she also introduced several Japanese artists to the gallery's roster and it now represents Katsura Funakoshi and Yuko Shiraishi among other contemporary British, European and International artists. Annely Juda was appointed a CBE in 1998 and died in London in 2006.
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