Susan Casteras

Susan Casteras
Born	Susan Paulette Casteras United States
Occupation(s)	Art historian Educator Curator
Spouse	Eric Schnapper (m. 1976)
Academic background
Alma mater	Vassar College Yale University
Thesis	Down the Garden Path: Courtship Culture and its Imagery in Victorian Painting (1977)
Doctoral advisor	George L. Hersey
Influences	Linda Nochlin Theodore Stebbins
Academic work
Discipline	Art history
Sub-discipline	British art
Institutions	Yale University University of Washington
Influenced	Romita Ray

Susan Paulette Casteras is an American art historian, educator, and curator. Casteras is Professor of Art History Emeritus from the University of Washington. She is a specialist on British art, particularly Victorian art and Pre-Raphaelitism.

Career

Born to John and Pauline Troyanovich, Casteras received a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and English Literature from Vassar College in 1971, as summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She then earned three degrees in Art History from Yale University: a Master of Arts in 1973, a Master of Philosophy in 1975, and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1977. Her doctoral dissertation was on Victorian art, under the direction of George L. Hersey.^[1]

Upon graduating, Casteras was appointed Assistant Curator of Paintings at the Yale Center for British Art. In 1991, she was promoted to Curator for five years. Simultaneously, she was also Lecturer of Art History at her alma mater. She then began her professorial career at the University of Washington, where she was named Professor of Art History Emeritus upon retirement.^[2]

Personal life

In 1976, Casteras married the lawyer Eric Schnapper.^[3]

Selected works

• Images of Victorian Womanhood in English Art, 1987 ISBN 9780838632819
• English Pre-Raphaelitism and its Reception in America in the 19th Century, 1990 ISBN 9780838633281
• James Smetham: Artist, Author, Pre-Raphaelite Associate, 1995 ISBN 9781859281031
• The Grosvenor Gallery: A Palace of Art in Victorian England, 1996 ISBN 978-0300067521

See also

• List of University of Washington people
• List of Vassar College people
• List of Yale University people

References

1. Casteras, Susan P. (1977). Down the garden path: Courtship culture and its imagery in Victorian painting (Thesis). hdl:10079/bibid/582554.
2. "Susan Casteras | School of Art + Art History + Design | University of Washington".
3. "Susan P. Casteras Married at Yale". The New York Times. 24 April 1976.

External links

• University of Washington profile