Alyse Muller

Alyse Muller is a doctoral candidate specializing in seventeenth-, eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European painting, sculpture and decorative arts. Her dissertation “Between Land and Sea: French Marine Imagery and Ambitions of Empire 1630-1820” explores the intersections of seascapes—within the mediums of painting, drawing, engraving, porcelain and decorative objects—and the changing conceptions of empire in France. Prior to joining the department, Alyse was a Research Associate in the Department of European Painting and Sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago, and a Research Assistant at The Frick Collection. She has a B.A. with honors from Mt. Holyoke College and earned her M.A. in Art History with distinction from New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts. Her work has been supported by Casa Muraro, the Decorative Arts Trust, American Friends of Attingham, the Dr. Lee MacCormick Edwards Charitable Foundation and the Lurcy International Travel Fellowship. This upcoming academic year she will be a fellow in the Department of European Painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.