Wife of Hyman Kreitman; 3 children, including Roger.
Irene, who married Hyman Kreitman when she was 19, became a major donor to the Tate Gallery and to Ben-Gurion University in Israel through the Kreitman Foundation. Hyman retired from all business at the age of 60 and the couple, who had a daughter and two sons, spent the rest of their lives in charitable endeavours.
Irene, who gave up her studies at LSE in order to get married, had trained as a guide at the Tate and worked there, almost always anonymously, for more than 25 years, building up a vast store of artistic knowledge. The couple donated £2.2 million to artistic research facilities at the Tate, housing more than 120,000 exhibition catalogues, and the papers of Stanley Spencer, Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, David Bomberg and the art historian Kenneth Clark.
They also donated considerably to Ben-Gurion University in the Negev, which made Hyman Kreitman an honorary doctor of philosophy in 1979.
The Kreitman name and that of Sir Jack and Lady Cohen are all over the Ben-Gurion campus, from buildings to fellowships to chairs at the university.
Their art collection was auctioned by Sotheby's in October 2005.
Irene, who married Hyman Kreitman when she was 19, became a major donor to the Tate Gallery and to Ben-Gurion University in Israel through the Kreitman Foundation. Hyman retired from all business at the age of 60 and the couple, who had a daughter and two sons, spent the rest of their lives in charitable endeavours.
Irene, who gave up her studies at LSE in order to get married, had trained as a guide at the Tate and worked there, almost always anonymously, for more than 25 years, building up a vast store of artistic knowledge. The couple donated £2.2 million to artistic research facilities at the Tate, housing more than 120,000 exhibition catalogues, and the papers of Stanley Spencer, Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, David Bomberg and the art historian Kenneth Clark.
They also donated considerably to Ben-Gurion University in the Negev, which made Hyman Kreitman an honorary doctor of philosophy in 1979.
The Kreitman name and that of Sir Jack and Lady Cohen are all over the Ben-Gurion campus, from buildings to fellowships to chairs at the university.
Their art collection was auctioned by Sotheby's in October 2005.
Wife of Hyman Kreitman; 3 children, including Roger.
Irene, who married Hyman Kreitman when she was 19, became a major donor to the Tate Gallery and to Ben-Gurion University in Israel through the Kreitman Foundation. Hyman retired from all business at the age of 60 and the couple, who had a daughter and two sons, spent the rest of their lives in charitable endeavours.
Irene, who gave up her studies at LSE in order to get married, had trained as a guide at the Tate and worked there, almost always anonymously, for more than 25 years, building up a vast store of artistic knowledge. The couple donated £2.2 million to artistic research facilities at the Tate, housing more than 120,000 exhibition catalogues, and the papers of Stanley Spencer, Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, David Bomberg and the art historian Kenneth Clark.
They also donated considerably to Ben-Gurion University in the Negev, which made Hyman Kreitman an honorary doctor of philosophy in 1979.
The Kreitman name and that of Sir Jack and Lady Cohen are all over the Ben-Gurion campus, from buildings to fellowships to chairs at the university.
Their art collection was auctioned by Sotheby's in October 2005.
Irene, who married Hyman Kreitman when she was 19, became a major donor to the Tate Gallery and to Ben-Gurion University in Israel through the Kreitman Foundation. Hyman retired from all business at the age of 60 and the couple, who had a daughter and two sons, spent the rest of their lives in charitable endeavours.
Irene, who gave up her studies at LSE in order to get married, had trained as a guide at the Tate and worked there, almost always anonymously, for more than 25 years, building up a vast store of artistic knowledge. The couple donated £2.2 million to artistic research facilities at the Tate, housing more than 120,000 exhibition catalogues, and the papers of Stanley Spencer, Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, David Bomberg and the art historian Kenneth Clark.
They also donated considerably to Ben-Gurion University in the Negev, which made Hyman Kreitman an honorary doctor of philosophy in 1979.
The Kreitman name and that of Sir Jack and Lady Cohen are all over the Ben-Gurion campus, from buildings to fellowships to chairs at the university.
Their art collection was auctioned by Sotheby's in October 2005.
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