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HENRY McMAHON is a Lecturer and Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Art History at Rice University. His research focuses on postwar French painting, interwar art, and the intersection of art with cultural and political history. He holds a BA in English from New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study.
Educations:
- Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Art History, Rice University
- BA, English, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University
Research Interests: McMahon’s work examines graphic commonplaces in postwar French painting, early 19th-century copperplate engraving in the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, and Vichy France’s use of artworks created by imprisoned soldiers. His dissertation, *“Perfecting Terror: Jean Fautrier, Asger Jorn, and the Appeal to Everyday Language in Postwar French Painting,”* redefines post-WWII artistic innovation.
Awards & Fellowships:
- 2023 Marilyn Marrs Gillet International Travel Fellowship
- 2022 Amici di via Gabina Fellowship
- 2021 Rice University Summer Research Award
- 2020-21 John and Dominique de Menil Fellowship
Advising & Grants: McMahon has held Research and Teaching Assistant roles at Rice and served as a Fellow at the Menil Collection. His grants support fieldwork in France and archival research in Hawaiʻi.
Labs/Teams: Collaborates with art history departments and cultural institutions like the Menil Collection on interdisciplinary projects.
