Gill Perry
Gillian Perry is professor of history of art at the Open University. She is a specialist in eighteenth century portraiture and has written two books on the actress in art. In 2011/12 she curated the exhibition The First Actresses at the National Portrait Gallery in London which was widely reviewed.
Education
[edit | edit source]Perry studied at the University of Sussex from 1968 to 1972, graduating with a first class Bachelor of Arts degree in art history and French.
Career
[edit | edit source]Perry joined the Open University in 1977.[1] She began her D.Phil. on the topic of Paula Modersohn-Becker and Worpswede 1876-1907 under the supervision of John Röhl of the University of Sussex in 1978[2] but submitted her thesis on the topic of Paula Modersohn-Becker and Worpswede 1889-1907 for the degree of M.Phil. in 1984.[3] Her research into Modersohn-Becker formed the subject of her first book which was published by the Women's Press in 1979.
Perry was head of the department of art history at the Open University from 2005 to 2008, and head of research from 2005 to 2009. She is currently professor in art history there.[4]
Perry is a specialist in eighteenth-century portraiture and has written two books on the actress in art. In 2011–12, she curated the exhibition The First Actresses: Nell Gwyn to Sarah Siddons at the National Portrait Gallery in London,[5] supported by Lucy Peltz.[6]
Selected publications
[edit | edit source]- Paula Modersohn-Becker: Her life and work. Women's Press, 1979. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Women artists and the Parisian avant-garde: Modernism and 'feminine' art 1900-1920s. Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1995. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Spectacular flirtations: Viewing the actress in British art and theatre, 1768-1820. Yale University Press, New Haven, 2007. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
- The first actresses: Nell Gwyn to Sarah Siddons. National Portrait Gallery and University of Michigan Press, London, 2011. (With Joseph Roach & Shearer West) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Playing at home: The house in contemporary art. Reaktion Books, London, 2013. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Professor Gill Perry's OpenLearn Profile. Archived 13 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine Open Learn, The Open University. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ "British Theses 1978", The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 120, No. 907 (October 1978), p. 712.
- ^ Worpswede and Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1889-1907. University of Sussex. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ Professor Gill Perry. The Open University. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ The First Actresses. National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ The First Actresses: Nell Gwyn to Sarah Siddons - Press Release. National Portrait Gallery, 19 October 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
External links
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