Dr Alexandra Courtois de Vicose

Alexandra Courtois’s research draws from disability history to address unexplored facets of late nineteenth-century European visual culture. Her current book project examines Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s oeuvre and life through questions informed by the social model of disability studies; her second scholarly project focuses on the art of French artist Jean Veber (1864-1928), his recurrent depictions of leg amputee figures in both satirical newspaper cartoons and easel paintings, and acerbic commentary on international politics. She has held positions at Kenyon College, NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts, and the American University of Paris before coming to Exeter. Her classes investigate global networks of pictorial expression, politics and culture.