Shirley Neilsen Blum

Shirley Neilsen Blum , a historian of Renaissance and modern art, is professor emeritus at the State University of New York; she has also taught at the University of Chicago and the University of California at Riverside. Blum's scholarship and teaching have been recognized with a Senior Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of California, and the Charles A. Dana Chair at Colgate University, among other honors. Her...See more

Shirley Neilsen Blum , a historian of Renaissance and modern art, is professor emeritus at the State University of New York; she has also taught at the University of Chicago and the University of California at Riverside. Blum's scholarship and teaching have been recognized with a Senior Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of California, and the Charles A. Dana Chair at Colgate University, among other honors. Her publications include Early Netherlandish Painting: A Study in Patronage and, most recently, Henri Matisse: Rooms with a View . See less