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About Eugene Warburg
Eugene Warburg was an African-American sculptor. Born enslaved from birth in New Orleans in the mid-1820s, he was legally manumitted by his father, who was also his owner, at four years old. Warburg initially apprenticed as a marble cutter and later worked as a sculptor in New Orleans in the 1840s and early 1850s. He moved to Europe in 1853, where he worked as a successful sculptor until his death in 1859.
Everything about Eugene Warburg →- Occupation
- sculptor
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- 1825
- Died
- 1859