Mission
Historians of Netherlandish Art is an international organization founded in 1983 to foster communication and collaboration among historians of Northern European art from medieval to modern times. Its membership comprises scholars, teachers, museum professionals, art dealers, publishers, book dealers, and collectors throughout the world. The art and architecture of the Netherlands (Dutch and Flemish) from about 1350 to 1750 is our primary focus, together with the art of Germany, England, and France, and global trading networks, as they relate to the Netherlands. Current membership includes around 800 individuals and 30 institutions and businesses. If you are not already a member, please join HNA.
Our History
HNA grew out of a national symposium on Netherlandish art held in the spring of 1982 at Memphis State University. Its initial research conference, held at the University of Pittsburgh in 1985, drew over two hundred participants from seven countries. The Pittsburgh meeting set the standard for nine further international conferences held in Cleveland (1989), Boston (1993), Baltimore (1998), Antwerp (2002), Baltimore/Washington (2006), Amsterdam (2010), Boston (2014), Ghent/Bruges (2018), and Amsterdam/The Hague (2022). The next HNA Conference will be held in London and Cambridge in 2024. HNA has been an affiliated society of the College Art Association since 1984, and was incorporated in New York State as a not-for-profit corporation in 1988. HNA sponsors the Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art (JHNA), founded in 2008, and the HNA Review of Books (HNAR).
Past Presidents
Carol Purtle (1983-85)
Laurinda Dixon (1985-87)
Anne Lowenthal (1987-89)
Barbara Haeger (1989-91)
Kahren Jones Arbitman (1991-93)
Ann M. Roberts (1993-95)
George Keyes (1995-99)
Larry Silver (1999-2001)
Alison McNeil Kettering (2001-05)
Wayne Franits (2005-09)
Stephanie Dickey (2009-13)
Amy Golahny (2013-17)
Paul Crenshaw (2017-2021)
Current Officers
Walter Melion, President (2021-2025)
Art History Department
Carlos Hall
581 South Kilgo Circle
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322
president@hnanews.org
Ashley West, Vice-President (2021-2025)
Department of Art History
Tyler School of Art & Architecture
Temple University
2001 North 13th Street, Suite 211
Philadelphia, PA 19122
vicepresident@hnanews.org
David Levine, US Treasurer
Southern Connecticut State University
501 Crescent Street
New Haven CT 06515
ustreasurer@hnanews.org
Board Members
- Paul Crenshaw, Providence College (Past-President, 2021-2025)
- Olenka Horbatsch, British Museum (2020-2024)
- Jun Nakamura, University of Michigan (2020-2024)
- Ed Wouk, University of Manchester (2020-2024)
- Lara Yeager-Crasselt, Baltimore Museum of Art (2020-2024)
- Lizzie Marx, National Gallery of Ireland (2022-2026)
- Tine Luk Meganck, Vrije Universiteit Brussels (2022-2026)
- Jessica Keating, Carleton College (2022-2026)
- Marsely Kehoe, Independent Scholar (2022-2026)
European Liaisons
Jan Blanc
Université de Genève
Angela Jager
RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History in Den Haag
Administrators
Saskia Beranek and Erin Downey
administrator@hnanews.org
About the Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art (JHNA)
About the HNA Review of Books (HNAR)
Image rotation on the front page:
Hessel Gerritz, published by Jodocus Hondius, Leo Belgicus (The Lion Looks Toward Spain), Amsterdam, 1611, 43 by 56 cm (17 by 22 in.), courtesy Daniel Crouch Rare Books, London and New York.
Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder, Flower Still Life, 1614, oil on copper, 30.5 x 38.9 cm (12 x 15 5/16 in.), Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum.
Lucas van Leyden, The Milkmaid, 1510, engraving, sheet: 11.9 x 15.7 cm (4 11/16 x 6 3/16 in.), New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rogier van der Weyden, Descent from the Cross, c.1435, oil on oak panel, 220 × 262 cm (86 1/2 x 103 in.), Madrid, Museo del Prado
Jacob Jordaens, Feast of the Bean King, c.1655, oil on canvas, 242 x 300 cm (95 1/4 x 118 in.), Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
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