Mary Georgina Filmer Explained

Mary Georgina Filmer
Birth Name:	Mary Georgina Caroline Cecil
Birth Date:	4 April 1838
Death Place:	London, United Kingdom
Nationality:	British
Field:	Photomontage
Spouse:	Edmund Filmer

Lady Mary Georgina Filmer (née Cecil, 4 April 1838 – 17 March 1903) was an early proponent of the art of photographic collage.^{[1] [2]}

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]}

External links

• Examples of Mary Georgina Filmer's work from Luminous Lint

Notes and References

1. http://www.luminous-lint.com/app/photographer/Lady_Mary_Georgiana__Filmer/A/ "Lady Mary Georgiana Filmer"
2. http://www.kevyoung.com/familytree_files/f_150.html#4 "CECIL, Mary Georgina Caroline"
3. http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/collections/works-in-focus/photography/commentaire_id/photomontage-15690.html?tx_commentaire_pi1%5BpidLi%5D=847&tx_commentaire_pi1%5Bfrom%5D=844&cHash=d1d5de53d5 "Lady Filmer: Photomontage"
4. Web site: Caroline. Mary Georgiana. Filmer. Lady. Lady Filmer in her Drawing Room. 2021-08-16. The Art Institute of Chicago. en.
5. http://art.newcity.com/2009/10/12/review-playing-with-picturesart-institute-of-chicago/ Claudine Isé, "Review: Playing with Pictures/Art Institute of Chicago"
6. Web site: Mary Georgiana Caroline, Lady Filmer. 2021-08-16. The Art Institute of Chicago. en.
7. Web site: Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage The Art Institute of Chicago. 2021-08-16. archive.artic.edu.
8. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/arts/design/05victorian.html Roberta Smith, "The Pastime of Victorian Cutups"