Nicolaas Warb, which is a pseudonym for Sophia Warburg, was born in Amsterdam in 1906 and she died in Hilversum in 1957.
She studied at the Rijksacademie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. In 1929 Warb settled in Paris and attended various academies in Montparnasse (including La Grande Chaumière).
On the intercession of Kees van Dongen she was invited to work as a stylist at a number of Parisian fashion houses in order to support herself. Warb occupied herself in her leisure time with music (jazz). In 1939 Warb had contacts with Georges Vantongerloo. Through him she arrived at a constructivist way of working to which she added her own freely-devised elements.
From 1946 she exhibited in de Salon des Réalités Nouvelles in Paris with strong, exciting geometric-abstract works. Also various exhibitions in several countries. Her work is on view in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.