Dr. Noelle Paulson

About Dr. Noelle Paulson

Dr. Noelle C. Paulson, a specialist in nineteenth-century European art history, received her MA and Ph.D .degrees from Washington University in St. Louis. Since moving to Switzerland at the end of 2009, she has been an independent art historian, researcher, and freelance writer for museums in Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada, and the U.S.

A-Level: Paul Gauguin, Where do we come ...

by Dr. Noelle Paulson

Munch sought to express internal emotions, providing a visual equivalent for a universal human experience.

Edvard Munch, The Scream
by Dr. Noelle Paulson

Gauguin took every opportunity to describe this enigmatic painting with melodramatic flourish.

Paul Gauguin, Where do we come from? ...
by Dr. Noelle Paulson

Though the artist was obsessed with painting a starry sky en plein air, it is likely this was painted indoors.

Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night
by Dr. Noelle Paulson

Fuseli explores the drama of the unconscious in this work, whose morbid eroticism endeared it to Edgar Allan Poe.

Henry Fuseli, The Nightmare
by Dr. Noelle Paulson