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Elizabeth C. Childs
Elizabeth Childs is the Etta and Mark Steinberg Professor of Art History at Washington University in St. Louis. She specializes in modern art, focusing on late 18th- to early 20th-century European art and visual culture, with an emphasis on avant-garde modernism, colonialism, and cross-cultural intersections. Her research explores artists like Gauguin, Daumier, Van Gogh, and Degas, analyzing their works through lenses of colonialism, gender, and cultural geography.
Education:
- B.A. in Art History and Anthropology, Wake Forest University
- M.A./Ph.D. in Art History, Columbia University (1989)
Research Interests: European modernism, colonialism in art, exoticism, primitivism, art censorship, feminist interventions in art history, and the relationship between art and science. She is currently preparing a monograph on Gauguin’s late career and writings.
Awards:
- Council of Students Excellence in Teaching Award (1996, 2004)
- Distinguished Faculty Award (2008)
- Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award (2005, 2016)
Grants and Fellowships:
- National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
- Elsa Mellon Bruce Fellowship (National Gallery of Art)
- Florence Gould Foundation Fellowship (Princeton University)
Teaching and Mentorship: Known for integrating museum visits into courses, she has led travel seminars to London, Chicago, and Kansas City. Her courses emphasize hands-on engagement with local institutions like the Saint Louis Art Museum and the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts.
Publications: Over 30 books, essays, and reviews, including Vanishing Paradise: Art and Exoticism in Colonial Tahiti (2013) and Daumier and Exoticism (2004). She regularly lectures internationally and contributes to museum exhibitions.
