Dissertation Title: "Perfecting Terror: Jean Fautrier, Asger Jorn and the appeal to everyday language in postwar French painting"

Advisor: Gordon Hughes

New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, BA, English

Henry McMahon studies Twentieth Century European and American art, with a focus on French painting in the interwar and postwar periods. His research is primarily on painters associated with Cobra, l'art informel and the Situationist International.

Major & Minor Specializations

Major: 20th century European and American art

Minor: European art 1750-1900

Awards

2022 Amici di via Gabina Fellowship

2020-21 John and Dominique de Menil Fellowship, Menil Collection, Houston, TX

Publications