Dr. Chloe Portugeis

About Dr. Chloe Portugeis

Dr. Chloe Portugeis received a Ph.D. from Yale University in 2014 where she specialized in Victorian art. She has presented papers at CUNY and Vanderbilt University and worked as a research assistant at the Yale Center for British Art and as an intern for Venice Guggenheim and the de Young Museum in San Francisco.

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, A Reading from Homer - detail — This master of texture was wildly popular in the nineteenth century. Why was he forgotten during the twentieth?

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Listening to Homer

Frederic Leighton, Bath of Psyche - detail — Removing nearly all references to myth, Leighton focuses on the beauty of the nude and harmonious colors.

Sir Frederic Leighton, Bath of Psyche

John William Waterhouse, The Lady of Shalott -detail — Cursed by a spell that will kill her if she leaves her castle, this romantic redhead takes a fatal boat ride.

John William Waterhouse, The Lady of Shalott