JAMES H. RUBIN, Professor of Art History, PhD Harvard University
jrubin@ms.cc.sunysb.edu
Room 4213 - 631.632.6011

James H. Rubin specializes in the history, theory and criticism of nineteenth century European Art, especially that of France. He teaches courses at the graduate and undergraduate level. His interests are interdisciplinary, with special attention to cultural history and art and politics. He was educated at Phillips Andover, Yale (B.A.), Harvard (PhD), and the Institut d'Art et d'Archéologie of the Sorbonne in Paris (license ès lettres). He has taught at Harvard, Boston University, Princeton and the Cooper Union. He has published over thirty articles and essays on subjects ranging from the eighteenth century to the present. He is the author of eight books: Eighteenth Century French Life-Drawing (1977), Realism and Social Vision in Courbet and Proudhon (1981), Eugène Delacroix's 'Dantebarke' (1987), Manet's Silence and the Poetics of Bouquets (1994), Courbet, Art and Ideas (1997), Impressionism, Art and Ideas (1999), Nadar (2001) and Impressionist Cats and Dogs: Pets in the Painting of Modern Life (2003). He has served on the International Committee of the College Art Association and represented the CAA at the United Nations. He is a member and Vice-President of the Société Paul Cézanne, based in Aix-en-Provence, France. He travels frequently, speaks fluent French, and lives in New York City and Mittelbergheim, Alsace.