Julia Frey
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| Born | Julia Frey 1943 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Citizenship | American |
| Occupation | Writer, biographer, scholar |
| Known for | Toulouse-Lautrec: A Life (1994) |
Notable work | Toulouse-Lautrec: A Life |
| Awards | PEN Center USA West Literary Award (Nonfiction); Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography/Autobiography |
Julia Frey (born 1943, Louisville, Kentucky) is an American writer, biographer, and scholar specialising in 19th- and early 20th-century French art and literature. She is best known for her biography Toulouse-Lautrec: A Life (1994), which received the PEN Center USA West Literary Award for nonfiction and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography/Autobiography.
Career
Frey taught French literature, art history, and cultural studies at several institutions, including Antioch College, Yale University, Brown University, the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, and the University of Colorado Boulder, where she served as a professor from 1976 to 2001.
Her biography Toulouse-Lautrec: A Life (1994) is based on extensive archival research, drawing in part on previously unpublished family letters of the French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.[1] The book received substantial critical attention in major publications. A review in The Independent described it as a "magisterial" biography that situates the artist’s life and work in historical context.[2] In the Los Angeles Times, art critic Peter Schjeldahl noted the depth of Frey’s research and clarity of writing, while offering critical analysis of its interpretive approach.[3] Academic reviews have also discussed the work’s narrative style and use of archival sources.[4]
Frey has curated exhibitions on Toulouse-Lautrec, including shows at the Denver Art Museum and the Museo Vittoriano in Rome. She has contributed essays to museum catalogues and lectured internationally on French art and literature.
Her later publications include Balcony View: A 9/11 Diary (2011; revised 2021), a memoir reflecting on her experience during the September 11 attacks in New York City, and Venus Betrayed: The Private World of Édouard Vuillard (2019), a study of the painter Édouard Vuillard.
Archives
Frey’s papers are held at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Her handwritten diary documenting her experience of the September 11 attacks is part of the collection of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.
Personal life
Frey was married to writer Ronald Sukenick. She later married Dutch geophysicist Guust Nolet and has lived in France since 2007.
Selected works
- Toulouse-Lautrec: A Life (1994)
- Balcony View: A 9/11 Diary (2011; revised 2021)
- Venus Betrayed: The Private World of Édouard Vuillard (2019)
References
External links
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