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 Recent Faculty Publications

European Art 1780-1900, French Sculpture, History of Art Criticism

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:

Office Location:	101 East Duke Building
Office Phone:	(919) 684-6081
Email Address:	n.mcwilliam@duke.edu
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Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. N. McWilliam, L. Harscoët-Maire, S. Linford. Emile Bernard: Correspondance choisie. 2011.  [abs]
2. N.F. McWilliam. "‘Erudition et engagement politique: la double vie de Louis Dimier'." L’Histoire de l’histoire de l’art en France au XIXe siècle. Edited by R. Recht, P. Sénéchal, C. Barbillon & F.-R. Martin.  (2008): 403-417.
3. 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).
4. 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).
5. 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).