Lady Mary Georgina Filmer (née Cecil, 4 April 1838 – 17 March 1903) was an early proponent of the art of photographic collage.[1][2]
Mary Georgina Filmer | |
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Born | Mary Georgina Caroline Cecil 4 April 1838 |
Died | 17 March 1903 London, United Kingdom | (aged 64)
Nationality | British |
Known for | Photomontage |
Spouse | Edmund Filmer |
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A Victorian socialite, Lady Filmer produced several albums consisting of watercolour scenes decorated with photomontages.[3] One of her works[4] (from the so-called Filmer Album) depicts a drawing room, painted in watercolour, in which she has added photographic cut-outs from albumen silver prints. She positions herself next to a large figure of the Prince of Wales, with whom she was known to flirt.[5] Her albums and glue pot are set out on a large table beside her. Much smaller, Sir Edmund Filmer, her husband, is seated next to a pet dog. In 2010, the work was included in an exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago,[6] which traveled to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, titled "Playing With Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage".[7][8]
References
edit- ^ "Lady Mary Georgiana Filmer", Luminous Lint. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ^ "CECIL, Mary Georgina Caroline". Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ^ "Lady Filmer: Photomontage", Musée d'Orsay. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ^ Caroline, Mary Georgiana; Filmer, Lady. "Lady Filmer in her Drawing Room". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ Claudine Isé, "Review: Playing with Pictures/Art Institute of Chicago", Newcity Art. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ^ "Mary Georgiana Caroline, Lady Filmer". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ "Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage | The Art Institute of Chicago". archive.artic.edu. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ Roberta Smith, "The Pastime of Victorian Cutups", The New York Times, 4 February 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2013.