DipABRSM, MA, PhD
I specialize in the visual and musical culture of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century France. My broader research interests lie in the interrelationships between the visual arts and music, the role of these arts within collective and cultural memory, and the ways in which the practice of these arts is informed by religion and politics.
Articles and book chapters
“La question grégorienne: music and Catholicism in early twentieth-century Saint-Germain-en-Laye”, French History (under review).
“The sounding body in the musical illustrations of Maurice Denis and Pierre Bonnard”, Music in Art: International Journal for Musical Iconography, XLVII, (2024)
“Maurice Denis’s L’Histoire de la Musique: allegorizing cultural tradition in early 20th-century France” in Belonging and Detachment: Representing Musical Identity in Visual Culture (Hollitzer Verlag, 2023).
“Visions of theatrical living: pochoir prints, fashion and interior design in early 20th century France”, Journal of the Decorative Arts Society, vol. 45 (2021).
Reviews
“After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art”, at National Gallery, London, Cusp: Late 19th-/Early 20th-Century Cultures, vol. 2 (forthcoming, 2023).
Neil McWilliam, "Aesthetics of Reaction: Tradition, Faith, Identity, and the Visual Arts in France, 1900-1914", The Burlington Magazine, vol. 164 (June, 2022).