Judith Rothschild

{{short description|American artist}}

Judith Rothschild (1921–1993) was an American abstract painter and philanthropist. Rothschild was born in New York city and studied art at Cranbrook Academy and at the Art Students League. Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington,{{Cite web|url=https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.18601.html|title=Artist Info|website=www.nga.gov|access-date=2019-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831010546/https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.18601.html|archive-date=2019-08-31|url-status=live}} the Whitney Museum of American Art{{cite web|url=https://www.whitney.org/artists/2323|title=Judith Rothschild|website=www.whitney.org|access-date=2019-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411000045/https://www.whitney.org/artists/2323|archive-date=2019-04-11|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/10/arts/judith-rothschild-71-a-painter-began-foundation-to-help-artists.html|title=Judith Rothschild, 71, a Painter; Began Foundation to Help Artists|first=Bruce|last=Lambert|work=The New York Times |date=March 10, 1993|via=NYTimes.com|access-date=April 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411000912/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/10/arts/judith-rothschild-71-a-painter-began-foundation-to-help-artists.html|archive-date=April 11, 2019|url-status=live}} and the Phillips Collection.{{cite web|url=https://www.phillipscollection.org/research/american_art/artwork/Rothschild-Interior.htm|title=Judith Rothschild – Interior|website=www.phillipscollection.org|access-date=2019-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411000056/https://www.phillipscollection.org/research/american_art/artwork/Rothschild-Interior.htm|archive-date=2019-04-11|url-status=live}}

At the time of her death, Rothschild owned a significant collection works by artists such as Piet Mondrian, Henri Matisse, Constantin Brâncuși, Juan Gris and Pablo Picasso. Rothschild specified in her will that her assets should be used to create the Judith Rothschild Foundation, in order to support the "conservation, publication, and exhibition of works by Ms. Rothschild’s contemporaries".{{cite web|url=http://judithrothschildfoundation.org/grantmaking-history/|title=Grantmaking History - Judith Rothschild Foundation|website=judithrothschildfoundation.org|access-date=2019-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411000736/http://judithrothschildfoundation.org/grantmaking-history/|archive-date=2019-04-11|url-status=live}} The foundation's mandate required it to direct support only to artists who had died between 1976 and 2008.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/arts/design/13grants.html|title=Arts Groups Cry Foul Over Rothschild Foundation's Missing Grant Money|first=Robin|last=Pogrebin|work=The New York Times |date=12 January 2010|publisher=|via=NYTimes.com|access-date=11 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411000858/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/arts/design/13grants.html|archive-date=11 April 2019|url-status=live}}