Anne Higonnet

Anne Higonnet
Born1958 or 1959 (age 67–68)[1]
SpouseJohn Geanakoplos
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (2001)
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplineArt history
Institutions

Anne Higonnet is an American art historian. She is Ann Whitney Olin Professor at Barnard College.[2]

Biography

Higonnet received her B.A. from Harvard University in 1980 and Ph.D. from Yale University in 1988.[2] She was an assistant professor at Wellesley College before joining the Barnard College faculty.[3]

Higonnet's scholarship focuses on 19th century art, art collecting, and the history of childhood.[4] She created an online project with the Morgan Library & Museum on fashion plates from the Journal des Dames et des Modes from 1797 to 1804 to demonstrate the revolution in women's fashion during the early 19th century, namely, how women turned their underwear into outerwear, adopted Indian textiles, and invented the handbag.[5] She is a biographer of Berthe Morisot.[6][7][8]

Her students include Denise Murrell, curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[9]

Higonnet was a 2019-2020 Radcliffe fellow.[10] She also received a 2001 Guggenheim Fellowship.[2][11]

She is currently married to Yale University economist John Geanakoplos.[12]

In 2010, Higonnet was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct for an incident involving the parent of a Worthington Hooker Middle School student.[13] It was alleged that Higonnet grabbed the parent's collar and yelled at them for improperly using the Everit Street back gate, which abuts a residential street, instead of using the front entrance.[14] She faced a fine of up to $500 or up to three months in jail.[15] The case was dismissed five months later, after Higonnet voluntarily served 10 hours of community service and wrote a “letter of regret.”[14]

References

  1. ↑ Beach, Randall (January 30, 2010). "Mediation rejected in school altercation". New Haven Register. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Anne Higonnet | Barnard College". barnard.edu. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  3. ↑ Truitt, Anne (June 3, 1990). "A FIRST IMPRESSIONIST". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Anne Higonnet". Slate Magazine. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  5. ↑ "What They Wore: Art Historian Spotlights Revolutionary Fashion Magazine". Columbia News. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  6. ↑ Higonnet, Anne (1990). Berthe Morisot. New York: Harper & Row.
  7. ↑ Higonnet, Anne (1992). Berthe Morisot's Images of Women. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
  8. ↑ Barnes, Julian (September 12, 2019). "The Morisot Sisters". London Review of Books. Vol. 41, no. 17. ISSN 0260-9592.
  9. ↑ Smith, Melissa (December 26, 2018). "How a Businesswoman Became a Voice for Art's Black Models". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Anne Higonnet". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Anne Higonnet". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  12. ↑ Harish, Alon (January 26, 2010). "Neighbors spar over school drop-off". Yale Daily News. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  13. ↑ Harish, Alon (January 26, 2010). "Neighbors spar over school drop-off". Yale Daily News. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  14. 1 2 "Hooker Gate Case Closed". New Haven Independent. June 10, 2010. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  15. ↑ Harish, Alon (January 26, 2010). "Neighbors spar over school drop-off". Yale Daily News. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
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