Please join Joan B. Mirviss LTD and the Chazen Museum of Art this Thursday, October 14th, 2021 at 4:00pm CT for “CORNERSTONE OF COLLECTING: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Japanese Prints and Their Inspirational Legacy at the …
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Faculty News: Prof. Phillips Retirement Celebration Now on YouTube!
The Department of Art History at UW–Madison, Sherry Fowler, Melissa McCormick, Julie Nelson Davis, and Laura Mueller present an exciting Zoom event to celebrate the retirement of our dear colleague and co-founder of Japan Art …
International Women’s Day: An Energetic Breaker of Glass Ceilings
This International Women’s Day, Art History remembers Professor Emerita Jane Hutchison. See her interview for Marquis Who’s Who, where she shares that due to her gender she was qualified yet not eligible to receive her Ph.D. at …
Faculty & Alumni News: Prof. Emerita Buenger and Joann Skrypzak-Davidsmeyer (Ph.D., 2006) Contribute to Max Beckmann Catalogue Raisonné
Professor Emerita Barbara C. Buenger‘s research on Max Beckmann is featured within the newly online Max Beckmann catalogue raisonné, which you can access here. A member of the Beckmann Advisory Board, Prof. Buenger was supposed to speak at the …
Faculty News: Artwork Purchased in Honor of Prof. Emeritus Henry Drewal
Professor Emeritus Henry Drewal was honored by the Chazen Museum of Art through the purchase of Twins Seven-Seven (Nigerian, Yoruba, 1944–2011)’s Dogo the Kidnapper, 1968–69. Prof. Drewal has provided immeasurable service to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the Chazen Museum of …
Art History Remembers Professor Emerita Jane Campbell Hutchison
We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Professor Emerita Jame Campbell Hutchison, 87, on July 12th, 2020, at her home in Chevy Chase, MD. An expert in the history of Northern European Art …
Art During Quarantine: Emeritus Prof. Henry Drewal’s Artful Avian Architecture
Emeritus Professor Henry Drewal shares his works of Avian Architecture during quarantine. “During this period of ‘sheltering at home’ I have continued to make homes for birds in a series I call Avian Architecture (see https://www.henrydrewal.com/myart.html). …
Legendary Art History Prof. James Watrous’ Mural Moved to Entrance of the Department of Art History
The main entrance to the Department of Art History now has a new resident. Legendary Art History Professor James Watrous’ mural, “Printing is the Inseparable Companion of Achievement,” has been moved from Webcrafters Inc., a …
Prof. Drewal Named Paul Mellon Senior Fellow
Recently retired Evjue-Bascom Professor Henry Drewal was named a Paul Mellon Visiting Senior Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. for the months of …
Drewal, Henry J.
Born and raised in Brooklyn and Hempstead, NY, Henry John Drewal received his BA from Hamilton College majoring in French and minoring in Fine Arts. After graduation he joined the Peace Corps, taught French and …