Anna Allinson

Anna Allinson
Allinson, c. 1895
Born
Anna Pulvermacher

c. 1856
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Died (aged 82)
Brondesbury, Middlesex, England
Resting place
Golders Green Crematorium
Other nameAnna Pulvermacher Allinson[1][2]
EducationSlade School of Fine Art
Occupations
  • Painter
  • social reformer
Spouse
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(m. 1888; died 1918)​
Children5, including Adrian, Bertrand P., and Francesca
RelativesErnestine Rose (great-aunt)
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Anna Pulvermacher Allinson (née Pulvermacher; c. 1856 – 10 July 1938) was a German-born painter and social reformer active in Britain. She trained in Berlin, Paris, and at the Slade School of Fine Art, and painted portraits, still lifes, and figure subjects. Between 1882 and 1888, she exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Walker Art Gallery, the Royal Society of British Artists, the Royal Hibernian Academy, and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. She was involved in food reform, vegetarianism, animal welfare, anti-vivisection, and women's suffrage. She was married to the physician and food reformer Thomas Allinson and was the mother of the artist Adrian Allinson, the physician Bertrand P. Allinson, and the writer and musician Francesca Allinson.

Biography

Early life

Allinson was born Anna Pulvermacher in Berlin, then part of the Kingdom of Prussia, around 1856, into a German Jewish family.[3][4][5] Her parents were Israel David Pulvermacher[a] (c. 1819–1884), a furrier,[6] and Jeanette Pulvermacher (née Morgenstern; 1829–1890).[7] She was the great-niece of social reformer Ernestine Rose.[7]

Allinson and her family moved to England in the 1870s.[8]

Artistic career

Allinson studied painting in Berlin, in Paris, and at the Slade School of Fine Art.[5][9]

She painted portraits, still lifes, and figure subjects.[9][10] Between 1882 and 1888, she exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of British Artists, the Walker Art Gallery, the Royal Hibernian Academy, and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters.[10]

Social reform

Allinson became a vegetarian around 1884, initially for health reasons. In an 1895 article, she wrote that her profession as a painter involved sedentary work and that ill health, poor diet, and unventilated rooms had affected her health. She stated that after adopting a non-flesh diet she became "a hygienic Vegetarian", and that her dyspepsia and other symptoms disappeared. She later described the humanitarian argument for vegetarianism as the "noblest" reason for the practice, and said that the humane aspect of the movement had impressed her deeply.[11]

She took part in the food reform movement. She attended meetings connected with the movement and was also involved in animal protection, anti-vivisection, bicycling, music, and women's suffrage.[9]

Allinson served as honorary treasurer and as a vice president of the Women's Vegetarian Union.[12] During disputes within the union, Allinson favoured ending its affiliation with other societies.[13]: 173 

Personal life and death

Allinson met the physician and food reformer Thomas Allinson in 1887. They married on 2 August 1888 in Paddington, Middlesex.[9][14] They had five children, who were raised with "humane principles":[13]: 169  the painter Adrian Allinson (1890–1959);[5] the physician Bertrand P. Allinson (1891–1975);[15][16] Cyril Allinson (1895–1986);[17][18] Dulcie Allinson (1898–1898);[19][20] and the writer and musician Francesca Allinson (1902–1945).[4] Thomas died in 1918.[6]

Allinson died on 10 July 1938 in Brondesbury, Middlesex, aged 82.[21][22] She was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium on 13 July.[23]

See also

  • Self-portrait, c. 1879
  • Lying Jack Russell Terrier, 1880
  • Portrait of a Young Girl, 1881
  • Portrait of a Girl, 1882

Notes

  1. ^ Her father's name is also recorded as Julius David Pulvermacher.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Thomas Richard Allinson". Graces Guide. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  2. ^ "Francesca Allinson". Helga Kaschl: Frauen in Virginia Woolfs Hogarth Press 1917-1941 (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  3. ^ United Kingdom census (1921). "Anna Allinson". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  4. ^ a b Southworth, Helen. "Francesca Allinson". Modernist Archives Publishing Project. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  5. ^ a b c Simkin, John (January 2020). "Adrian Allinson". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  6. ^ a b c Corley, T. A. B. (10 October 2019). "Allinson, Thomas Richard (1858–1918), dietitian and businessman". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39188. Retrieved 9 July 2020. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ^ a b Higginbotham, Susan (14 June 2023). "The Early Life and Family of Feminist Ernestine Rose: New Findings and an Old Secret". The Journal of Genealogy and Family History. 7 (1): 1–15. doi:10.24240/23992964.2023.1234543. ISSN 2399-2964.
  8. ^ "Pulvermacher Anna 1857-1938". Artist Biographies. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  9. ^ a b c d Gregory, James Richard Thomas Elliott (May 2002). "Biographical Index of British Vegetarians and Food reformers of the Victorian Era" (PDF). The Vegetarian Movement in Britain c.1840–1901: A Study of Its Development, Personnel and Wider Connections (PDF) (PhD thesis). Vol. 2. University of Southampton. p. 4. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  10. ^ a b Petteys, Chris (1985). Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900. Boston, Mass: G. K. Hall & Co. p. 579. Retrieved 12 April 2026 – via Internet Archive.
  11. ^ Allinson, Anna P. (7 December 1895). "I Have Been a Vegetarian for Nearly Twelve Years". The Vegetarian. 8 (49): 606.
  12. ^ "Annual Report 1897: The Women's Vegetarian Union (International)". International Vegetarian Union. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
  13. ^ a b Gregory, James (27 June 2007). Of Victorians and Vegetarians: The Vegetarian Movement in Nineteenth-century Britain. London: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-379-7. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  14. ^ "Allinson—Pulvermacher". The Standard. 4 August 1888. p. 1. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  15. ^ "Births Sep 1891: Allinson, Bertrand P." FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  16. ^ "Dr. Bertrand P. Allinson M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (UK) 1958-63". International Vegetarian Union. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  17. ^ "Births Dec 1895: Allinson, Cyril Pulvermacher". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  18. ^ "Deaths 1986: Allinson, Cyril Pendennis". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  19. ^ "Births Mar 1898: Allinson, Dulcie Pulvermacher". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  20. ^ "Deaths Sep 1898: Allinson, Dulcie Pulvermacher". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  21. ^ "Anna Allinson". National Probate Calendar. Retrieved 13 April 2026 – via Ancestry.com.
  22. ^ "Deaths Sep 1938: Allinson, Anna". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  23. ^ "Allinson". The Daily Telegraph. 11 July 1938. p. 1. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
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