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James Thompson
School of Art and Design
Professor, Art History
French 19th Century Painting
Professor, Art History
French 19th Century Painting
Phone: 828-227-2420
Email: JTHOMPSO@wcu.edu
Office Address: FPAC 141
Education:
- Ph.D., UNC-Chapel Hill
Publications & Presentations:
Major Exhibitions Organized/Major Catalogues Written:
- The Peasant in French Nineteenth century Art
- The East: Imagined, Experienced, Remembered
Major Publications/Editing Jobs:
- Bulletins on Greuze and Poussin for the Metropolitan Museum
- Edited Impressionism: Reflections and Perceptions by Meyer Schapiro
Awards include:
- Prix Roger Bonniot (Académie de Saintonge) for monograph on Eugène Fromentin
- SECAC Award for Excellence for Publication Series of Dossiers on Black Mountain College
Group Exhibitions include:
- WCU Faculty Shows







