Claire Ittner
Education
2024 Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
2019 M.A. University of California, Berkeley
2013 B.A. Davidson College
Biography
Claire Ittner is a historian of modern and contemporary art in the Americas, with particular interest in the art and visual culture of the American South and the Caribbean. Her research interests include questions of race and racial legibility, mobility and migration, patronage networks and theories of artistic value, and systems of expertise and training. Her current book project examines the relationship between the non-profit sector and the arts, focusing on the merit-based fellowship programs that emerged as an important source of artistic support in the first half of the twentieth century.
Subjects Taught
- Art in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
- Histories of patronage and the art market
- Art and visual culture in the United States
- Collage, mixed-media, and appropriation
Scholarly Creative/Research Activity
Selected Publications
“Jacob Lawrence’s Work Theme, 1945-1946,” Metropolitan Museum Journal 57 (2022): 106-119.
“Into the Abbatoire: Eldzier Cortor in Haiti, 1949-1951,” Nka 50 (April 2022): 22-34.