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TLP Interview with Judith Wechsler, Art Historian and Filmmaker
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"Walter, let's go for a walk." - Judith Wechsler, in the arcades of Paris. Professor Judith Wechsler is an art historian, filmmaker, writer, researcher, Francophile, and leading expert on Paul Cezanne and Honoré Daumier. She’s the daughter of a major religious philosopher. Her resume reads like a who’s who of 20th century art historians – Meyer Shapiro, Linda Nochlin, Leo Steinberg, Gershom Sholem. Her films tell the story of 20th century Europe, image by image. She was also my grad school advisor. And she’s now a dear friend. Hers is the voice that lingers in...
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We all have a mentor. Even if we don't necessarily identify them that way at the time. There's someone who once extended a hand and took you through a door that suddenly materialized, suddenly unlocked.
Mine was Judith Wexler. At the time, I was a 22-year-old graduate student. Whatever shade comes before green. In the Art History Department at Tufts University.
I was coming off of a year in Europe, moving home to Boston, but a completely different part of it, so not home at all. I was starting over. I was lonely.
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