Born in Germany, painter, designer and water-colorist, Agnes Anne Abbot (1897-1992) taught at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts for forty-three years, serving as chair of the Art Department. Educated at the Berlin Academy and the School of Fine Arts and Crafts in Boston, she studied extensively with well-known artists such as Aldro Hibbard and Frank Robinson. Abbot was known for her paintings of New England, including those of Harvard, Massachusetts where she and her family lived. Abbot traveled extensively throughout Africa, Europe and the United States continuing to paint and work until her death. Her paintings have been exhibited at the Copley Society and Wellesley College.

Photograph courtesy of Wellesley College Archives