About
Mark Pohlad is an Associate Professor of History of Art & Architecture at DePaul University's College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. His research focuses on American Art, History of Photography, and word-image relationships, with regional emphasis on Chicago art history and Abraham Lincoln's visual representation. He earned his PhD from the University of Delaware with a dissertation on Marcel Duchamp.
Prof. Pohlad's publications include a 2013 study of Chicago printmaker Charles Turzak's Lincoln woodcut biography and a 2015 monograph on American painter James R. Hopkins. His work bridges academic scholarship with public history through local art narratives.
He teaches courses spanning American Art, Nineteenth-Century Art, Art 1900-1945, and contributes to DePaul's First-Year Program and Honors Program.
