Rachel Coombes

Rachel Coombes is a second-year DPhil candidate in the History of Art, studying the interrelationship of music and the visual arts in French culture towards the end of the long nineteenth century, with a particular focus on the work and life of the decorative painter Maurice Denis (1870 - 1943). Central to her topic is the aesthetic character of, and contingent emotional response to, what was achieved from the combination of the two art forms within the contexts of different social milieux. Rachel has an undergraduate degree in Music from the University of Oxford, and an MA in History of Art from the University of Birmingham. Before resuming her academic studies in 2018 she pursued work in journalism and public relations at the Barbican Centre in London.

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