Annely Juda

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Annely Juda, born Anneliese Emily Brauer on September 23, 1914 in Kassel, Germany, was a German art dealer who founded the Annely Juda Fine Arts gallery in London. She represented artists like Anthony Caro, David Hockney and Leon Kossoff, and helped introduce several Japanese artists to the London market.

Her family were Jewish. Her father was a chemist and her mother designed clothes and typefaces. As persecution increased in Germany, the family fled in 1933. Her grandmother stayed and later killed herself to avoid deportation. The family moved to Palestine, then Annely came to London to seek opportunities. She studied dress design and art at the Reimann School with support from Paul Juda, whom she married on November 15, 1939. He helped bring her parents to England.

During World War II she volunteered with the Women’s Royal Voluntary Service, delivering food to bombed-out people.

After the war, in 1949, the couple returned to Germany. They separated in 1955; Annely left her husband and returned to England with three children. She began working in the art world, helped by Wilma Kuvecke, and later worked at the Estorick Collection. By 1960 she started the Molton Gallery. The Hamilton Gallery followed from 1963 to 1967 with backing from Nika Hulton. She showed American and British artists and focused on abstract art.

In 1968 Annely Juda teamed up with her son David to open Annely Juda Fine Arts on Tottenham Mews in London. The gallery taught the city about abstract art and showed works by Mondrian and other De Stijl artists. In 1990 the gallery moved to Mayfair, at Dering Street. Annely Juda was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1998.

Her partner Wilma Kuvecke stayed with her until Annely’s death in London on August 13, 2006. The gallery is still run by her son, David. The gallery has represented notable artists such as Anthony Caro, David Hockney, Leon Kossoff and Christo, and it helped introduce Japanese artists like Tadashi Kawamata, Katsura Funakoshi, Yuko Shiraishi and Toko Shinoda. In 2022 the gallery collaborated with other galleries to show Hockney’s work in several cities. In 2025 the gallery announced plans to move to Hanover Square in central London, with three floors of space including a former ballroom with a glass-domed ceiling.