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Aby Warburg
German art historian (1866–1929)
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Aby Warburg around 1925 | |
| Born | Aby Moritz Warburg (1866-06-13)June 13, 1866 Hamburg, North German Confederation |
| Died | October 26, 1929(1929-10-26) (aged 63) Hamburg, Weimar Republic |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Art historian |
| Spouse | Mary Hertz (m. 1897) |
| Children | Marietta (1899–1973) Max Adolph (1902–1974) Frede C. Warburg (1904–2004) |
Aby Moritz Warburg (June 13, 1866 – October 26, 1929) was a German art historian and cultural theorist who founded the Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg (Warburg Library for Cultural Studies), a private library, which was later moved to the Warburg Institute, London.
At the heart of his research was the legacy of the classical world, and the transmission of classical representation, in the most varied areas of Western culture through to the Renaissance.
Warburg described himself as: "Amburghese d