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Berenice Abbott
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American photographer (1898-1991)
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Berenice Abbott (1898–1991) was an American photographer, artist, and inventor. Born in Springfield, she died in Monson. Her work locations included New York City, Berlin, Paris, and Maine. Abbott was educated at Ohio State University, the Art Students League of New York, and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. She worked for Man Ray and participated in Documenta 6.
Her publications include *Constructing modernism*, *Berenice Abbott, the 20's and the 30's*, *Crazy New York*, *Chiaroscuro*, and *The beauty of physics*. Her works are held in the collections of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Abbott was an unmarried partner of Elizabeth McCausland.
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Key facts
- Born
- Berenice Alice Abbott , July 17, 1898 ( 1898-07-17 ) , Springfield, Ohio , US
- Died
- December 9, 1991 (1991-12-09) (aged 93), Monson, Maine , US
- Resting place
- New Blanchard Cemetery, Blanchard, Maine , U.S.
- Known for
- Photography
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Berenice
- Family name
- Abbott
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Springfield
- Place of death
- Monson
- Occupation
- inventor
- Educated at
- Académie de la Grande Chaumière
- Employer
- Man Ray
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Man Ray
- Field of work
- photography
- Genre
- cityscape
- Movement
- straight photography
- Image
- Berenice Abbott.jpg
- Work location
- Maine
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- Commons category
- Berenice Abbott
- date of birth
- 1898-07-17
- date of death
- 1991-12-09
- Commons Creator page
- Berenice Abbott
- has works in the collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- sexual orientation
- lesbianism
- ethnic group
- White Americans
- pseudonym
- Abbot, Berenice
- start of work period
- 1921-01-01
- end of work period
- 1973-01-01
- archives at
- New York Public Library Main Branch
Sources (14)
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Works in European collections
25 objects attributed to Berenice Abbott, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Berenice Alice Abbott (July 17, 1898 – December 9, 1991) was an American photographer best known for her portraits of cultural figures of the interwar period, New York City photographs of architecture and urban design of the 1930s, and science interpretation of the 1940s to the 1960s.
Super Sight, also known as the Abbott Process, is a form of macro photography developed in the early 1940s by Berenice Abbott.
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