Specialization:
European Art 1780-1900, French Sculpture, History of Art Criticism
Research Interests:
Current projects:
The Aesthetics of Reaction: Tradition, Identity and the Visual Arts in France, c. 1900-1914, Emile Bernard: Correspondance choisie
Neil McWilliam received his D.Phil. from the University
of Oxford. His publications include Dreams of
Happiness. Social Art & the French Left 1830-1850
and Monumental Intolerance, Jean Baffier, A
Nationalist Sculptor in fin-de-siècle France and A Bibliography of Salon Criticism in Paris from the July Monarchy to the Second Republic 1831-1851 . His
research focuses on the visual culture of nineteenth
and early twentieth-century France, and in particular,
on public sculpture, the Academy, and the inter-
relationship between aesthetics and political ideologies
during the period. Contact Info:
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Recent Publications
(More Publications)
- N. McWilliam, L. Harscoët-Maire, S. Linford. Emile Bernard: Correspondance choisie. 2010.
- N. McWilliam. "Avant-Garde Anti-Modernism: Caricature and Cabaret Culture in Fin-de-siècle Montmartre." Caricature, Bilan et recherches. Edited
by Ségolène Le Men. (2008).
- N. McWilliam. "Emile Bernard's Reactionary Idealism." Academics, Pompiers, Official Artists and the Avant-Garde: Defining Modern and Traditional in France 1900-1960. Edited
by Natalie Adamson & Toby Norris. (2008).
- N. McWilliam. "The Culture of Nationalism." Nations and Nationalism in Global Perspective: An Encyclopedia of Origins, Developments and Contemporary Transitions. Edited
by Guntram Herb. (2008).
- N. McWilliam. Rêves de bonheur. L'Art social et la gauche française (1830-1850). Les Presses du réel,
(2007): 494.
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