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Judith Wechsler |
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National Endowment for the Humanities Professor
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| Departmental Affiliation: |
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Art & Art History Department
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UCLA, PhD, Columbia University MA, Brandeis University, BA |
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19th century French painting, drawing and caricature
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Awarded by the French government the title of Chevallier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Mellon Foundation Faculty Research Grant, 2 grants from National Endowment for the Arts, 6 grants from National Endowment for the Humanities, 6 CINE Golden Eagle Awards for documentary films. |
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judith.wechsler@tufts.edu
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| Other websites: |
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http://ase.tufts.edu/art/
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| Scholarship & Research: |
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Wechsler's field is 19th and early 20th century French art.
SELECTED BOOKS:
"Le Cabinet de dessins:Daumier. " Flammarion, Paris, 1999.
A Human Comedy: Physiognomy and Caricature in 19th Century Paris, University of Chicago Press and Thames and Hudson, Ltd., London, 1982.
On Aesthetics in Science (ed.). Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 1978.
The Interpretation of Cézanne. UMI Research Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1981.
SELECTED ARTICLES:
“Ophelia and the Representation of Madness,” Theatre Survey, 2003
“Meyer Shapiro’s Writings on Modern Art,” College Art Association Reviews, 2002.
"Cézanne: Sensation/Perception," Cézanne aujourd’hui, Musée d’Orsay, 1997.
SELECTED FILMS:
Rachel de la Comédie-Francaise, 52 minutes. In co-production with La Comédie-Francaise, Paris and L’Institut National de l’Audiovisuel. 2003.
Honoré Daumier: Il faut être de son temps, 52 minutes. Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris. 1999. Honoré Daumier, One must be of one’s time.
"Drawing the Thinking Hand, 52 minutes, 1996, made for the Louvre Museum, Paris.
"Jasper Johns: Take an Object," made with Hans Namuth, 1990. 30 min. Distributed by the Museum of Modern Art.
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