OSK/Van Gogh Museum Visiting Fellow in the History of 19th Century Art
This year’s Visiting Fellow is Prof. Dr. Belinda Thomson, Honorary Professor in History of Art at the University of Edinburgh. As a specialist of late nineteenth-century French art, Thomson has written books and articles on impressionism and post-impressionism and on Gauguin, Vuillard, Bonnard, Van Gogh, and Pissarro, including Gauguin by Himself (2001) and Van Gogh’s Paintings: The Masterpieces (2007). She is a co-author of the exhibition catalogue Gauguin: Maker of Myth (2010). In addition, she was an advisory consultant and contributing author to the exhibition Gauguin, Paris, 1889 (2009–2010) at the Cleveland Museum of Art and at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. In 2015 she was made Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in recognition of her work on French art and contributions to the art-historical field.
Dates
11-16 June 2023 (Tutorial data: 27 February, 11 April and 5 June – 13.00-16.00hrs) | Venue: Van Gogh Museum & University of Amsterdam | Open to: RMa students | Credits: 6 EC | Coordination: Dr Rachel Esner (UvA) | More information
Registration
Please contact Dr. Rachel Esner: r.esner@uva.nl (putting “VGM Visiting Fellow” in the subject line). Please supply a short statement of motivation.