Dr Isobel Muir is currently researching the activities of Jewish women in the London art world in the nineteenth and early twentieth century, as art dealers and professional curators operating in a predominantly male field. During her PhD research, she discovered that the National Gallery played an important role in the careers of several Jewish women, who attempted to shape its collecting practices and establish themselves within its walls and without. She is currently working on research relating to the National Gallery’s first female curator in the 1940s and is an active member of the Women and the Arts Forum.
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