Yve-Alain Bois

Yve-Alain Bois (born April 16, 1952) is a professor of Art History at the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.

Yve-Alain Bois
Born (1952-04-16) April 16, 1952
Constantine, French Algeria
Alma materEcole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
Scientific career
FieldsArt History
InstitutionsInstitute for Advanced Study

Education

Bois received an M.A. from the École Pratique des Hautes Études in 1973 for his work on El Lissitzky's typography, and a Ph.D. from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in 1977 for his work on Lissitzky's and Malevich's conceptions of space.[1] Both of his degrees were supervised under Roland Barthes.

Career

Academic

Bois is a professor at the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, in the chair inaugurated by Erwin Panofsky,[1] and at the European Graduate School. Previously, he served on the faculty at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.[1]

Writing

Bois has written books and articles on artists of European modernism. He is an editor of the journal October.

Articles

References
  1. "Biography". The European Graduate School. Archived from the original on February 20, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2012.


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