Agnes Warburg

Agnes Beatrice Warburg
Born1872 (1872)
London, United Kingdom
Died4 January 1953 (aged 80–81)
Surrey, United Kingdom[1]
NationalityBritish
Known forPhotography
MovementPictorialism[1]

Agnes Beatrice Warburg (1872 – 4 January 1953) was a British photographer.

Career

She had been encouraged to take up photography by her brother, John Cimon Warburg (1867–1931), who also worked with colour.[2]

Warburg exhibited at the Linked Ring and at the Royal Photographic Society, where she was a founder-member of the Pictorial and Colour Groups.[3] As a result of her Pictorialist approach, she used photography as an art form rather than for commercial gain. Her results using the Autochrome process were of a remarkably high quality.[4]

Warburg died on 4 January 1953 at her home in Bramley, Surrey, where she had lived for the final seven years of her life.[5] In her will, she gave 70 acres (28 ha) of land on Box Hill to the National Trust.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Maurice, Jacquie. "Warburg, Agnes (1872–1953)". Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mark Jacobs, "Autochromes: Women photographers", Luminous Lint. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  3. ^ Robert Leggat, "Women Pioneers of Photography", A History of Photography. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  4. ^ Daniel P. McGoldrick, "Famous Landscape Photographers That Changed Our World", Bright Hub. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Colour photography pioneer". Surrey Advertiser. No. 11222. 10 January 1953. p. 7.
  6. ^ Holton, Viki (2023). A woman's will : The changing lives of British women, told through the things they have left behind. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-4456-9243-2.


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