Eunchae Lee
Programme:
History of Art - MPhil/PhD/MSc by Research
Start date:
09/2023
Mode of study:
Full time
Biography
Eunchae started her PhD at the University of Edinburgh in September 2023. Her research focuses on Japonisme in Post-Impressionism.
Before her PhD, Eunchae worked at a variety of art-related institutions including Pace Gallery, Royal Scottish Academy, The Korea Society, and Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery in Seoul, Edinburgh, and New York.
Education
MSc in History of Art, Theory and Display: University of Edinburgh, 2022
BA in Art History and Criticism: State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2021
Research interests
- Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
- Japonisme
- Japonisme in Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
- Cross-cultural aspects in modern art
History of Art 2A: Reason, Romance, Revolution: Art from 1700 to 1900
History of Art 2B: From Modernism and the Avant-Gardes to Postmodernism and Globalisation.
Research
Research
Conference Papers
‘Intercultural Aspects in Post-Impressionism: Paul Gauguin and Japonisme’. For Art History as Evolving Practice: Exploring Postgraduate Approaches, History of Art Postgraduate Research Conference, University of Edinburgh, October 2023.
'From Ukiyo-e to Post-Impressionism: Japonisme in the Art of Cezanne and Rivière'. For Transtemporal Looks at Global Art Histories, History of Art Postgraduate Research Conference, University of Edinburgh, October 2024.