ECR French Nineteenth-Century Art Network Research Forum:
Van Gogh & The Visual Culture of Paris - Dr. Christa DiMarco (University of the Arts, Philadelphia)
When Vincent van Gogh arrived in Paris in 1886, the city was still grappling with the aftermath of the 1871 Paris Commune. Social reform efforts that aimed to address the lower classes, polarizing political figures such as the Communard Louise Michel, the novels of Émile Zola, and the construction of the Sacré-Cœur Basilica all made the presence of the Commune felt during the 1880s. Van Gogh’s Paris-period works address the socio-political atmosphere of Parisian reform in Montmartre and the banlieue: from cramped factory conditions, tourism, urban renewal initiatives, and even clandestine sex work. Christa DiMarco’s talk will investigate how Van Gogh’s Parisian paintings simultaneously sympathize with the lower classes and call attention to the ways in which reform initiatives unintentionally become compromised.
Christa DiMarco is associate professor, director of art history, and co-coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Art BFA at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Her research focuses on Vincent van Gogh’s two-year stay in Paris and has been supported with a research fellowship at the W.T. Bandy Center for Baudelaire and Modern French Studies at Vanderbilt University. She serves as vice president of the Nineteenth-Century Studies Association as well as Digital Co-Director for the International Nineteenth-Century Studies Association and the Center for Nineteenth-Century Studies International. She holds a BFA in Painting and Drawing with honors from the University of the Arts and an MA and PhD in Art History from Tyler School of Art, Temple University.
This event will take place at 5pm (GMT)
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This event is open to anyone with an interest in the topic discussed and is not limited to current PhD's, like our other events.
About the Research Forum:
ECR French Nineteenth-Century Art Network Research Forum is a virtually held research forum that allows recent PhD graduates, early career researchers as well as research fellows to present their most recent research. The forum aims to expose new and emerging scholarship and scholars engaging in exciting areas of research. The sessions will last around one hour with the opportunity to engage with the research with questions and answers after. The events are open to all.