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Anne Higonnet

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Anne Higonnet
SpouseJohn Geanakoplos
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (2001)
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplineArt history
Institutions

Anne Higonnet is an American art historian. She is Ann Whitney Olin Professor at Barnard College.[1]

Biography

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Higonnet received her B.A. from Harvard University in 1980 and Ph.D. from Yale University in 1988.[1] She was an assistant professor at Wellesley College before joining the Barnard College faculty.[2]

Higonnet's scholarship focuses on 19th century art, art collecting, and the history of childhood.[3] She created an online project with the Morgan Library & Museum on fashion plates from the Journal des Dames et des Modes from 1797 to 1804 to demonstrate the revolution in women's fashion during the early 19th century, namely, how women turned their underwear into outerwear, adopted Indian textiles, and invented the handbag.[4] She is a biographer of Berthe Morisot.[5]

Her students include Denise Murrell, curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[6]

Higonnet was a 2019-2020 Radcliffe fellow.[7] She also received a 2001 Guggenheim Fellowship.[1][8]

She is currently married to Yale University economist John Geanakoplos.[9]

In 2010, Higonnet was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct for an incident involving the parent of a Worthington Hooker Middle School student.[10] It was alleged that Higonnet grabbed the parent's collar and yelled at them for improperly using the Everit Street back gate, which abuts a residential street, instead of using the front entrance.[11] She faced a fine of up to $500 or up to three months in jail.[12] The case was dismissed five months later, after Higonnet voluntarily served 10 hours of community service and wrote a “letter of regret.”[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Anne Higonnet | Barnard College". barnard.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  2. ^ Truitt, Anne (1990-06-03). "A FIRST IMPRESSIONIST". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  3. ^ "Anne Higonnet". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  4. ^ "What They Wore: Art Historian Spotlights Revolutionary Fashion Magazine". Columbia News. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  5. ^ Barnes, Julian (2019-09-12). "Julian Barnes · The Necessary Talent: The Morisot Sisters · LRB 12 September 2019". London Review of Books. Vol. 41, no. 17. ISSN 0260-9592. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  6. ^ Smith, Melissa (2018-12-26). "How a Businesswoman Became a Voice for Art's Black Models". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  7. ^ "Anne Higonnet". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  8. ^ "Anne Higonnet". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  9. ^ Harish, Alon (2010-01-26). "Neighbors spar over school drop-off". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  10. ^ Harish, Alon (2010-01-26). "Neighbors spar over school drop-off". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  11. ^ a b "Hooker Gate Case Closed". New Haven Independent. 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  12. ^ Harish, Alon (2010-01-26). "Neighbors spar over school drop-off". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 2023-07-11.