HENRY McMAHON

BIO
Henry McMahon is a Ph.D. candidate in the history of modern art with a focus on interwar and postwar French painting. His dissertation, "Perfecting Terror: Jean Fautrier, Asger Jorn, and the Appeal to Everyday Language in Postwar French Painting," considers the role of graphic commonplaces in the work of artists widely considered to have begun painting anew in the aftermath of World War II. Henry is a graduate of New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study. He has served as a Fellow at the Menil Collection, Houston, TX, and in various Research and Teaching Assistant roles at Rice. In addition to his dissertation he is working on articles on early nineteenth century copperplate engraving in the Kingdom of Hawai`i, and Vichy France's use of artworks made by soldiers imprisoned in German works camps between 1940-44. He is the recipient of the 2023 Humanities Research Center Marilyn Marrs Gillet International Travel Fellowship; a 2022 Amici di via Gabina Fellowship; a 2021 Rice University Department of Art History Summer Research Award, the 2020-21 John and Dominique de Menil Fellowship at the Menil Collection in Houston, TX; and a 2020 Rice University Department of Art History Summer Research Fellowship.

EDUCATION
Ph.D. Candidate - Department of Art History, Rice University, Houston, TX
BA, English - Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University, NYC

COURSES TAUGHT
ART 474B (Art Since 1945: 1945-2000)