Prof. Mark Cheetham
Fellow
Current Employer
University of Toronto
Election Year
2008
Academy
Académie des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada
Discipline
Art History
Department
University College
Keywords
Art History, ecological art, art in Canada, writing about art
Long Citation (for publication and press release)
One of Canada's most respected art historians, Mark Cheetham, Professor of Art History at the University of Toronto, is also known as an award-winning teacher and an imaginative and astute curator in the larger artistic community. As a scholar trained in both philosophy and art history, Mark Cheetham is resolutely international in his research focus and yet solidly rooted in his Canadian experience, having written on and been recognized as an expert on the modern art of France, Holland, Germany, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
Short Citation (to be read at the Induction Ceremony)
One of Canada's most respected art historians, he is also an award-winning teacher and an imaginative and astute curator in the larger artistic community. He trained in both philosophy and art history, and although he is resolutely international in his research focus, he is solidly rooted in his Canadian experience, having written on and been recognized as an expert on the modern art of France, Holland, Germany, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
One of Canada's most respected art historians, Mark Cheetham, Professor of Art History at the University of Toronto, is also known as an award-winning teacher and an imaginative and astute curator in the larger artistic community. As a scholar trained in both philosophy and art history, Mark Cheetham is resolutely international in his research focus and yet solidly rooted in his Canadian experience, having written on and been recognized as an expert on the modern art of France, Holland, Germany, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
Short Citation (to be read at the Induction Ceremony)
One of Canada's most respected art historians, he is also an award-winning teacher and an imaginative and astute curator in the larger artistic community. He trained in both philosophy and art history, and although he is resolutely international in his research focus, he is solidly rooted in his Canadian experience, having written on and been recognized as an expert on the modern art of France, Holland, Germany, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.