A Woman in the Far North:

Abstract

Isabelle Gapp holds a PhD in History of Art from the University of York (2020), and will begin as an Arts & Science Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto in September 2021. Her research considers the intersections between nineteenth and twentieth century landscape painting, gender and environmental history around the Circumpolar North. Among her publications is 'An Arctic Impressionism? Anna Boberg and the Lofoten Islands' , in Mapping Impressionist Painting in Transnational Contexts, eds. E.C. Burns and A.M. Rudy Price (2021), and additional forthcoming articles relating to Arctic map-making, coastlines and wilderness ideologies.

Will ‘o the Wisps: non-traditional data to inform modern science

“…For example, impressionist paintings in London and Paris over the 19th century accurately captured changes to the optical environment due to anthropogenic aerosol emissions, providing evidence for historical trends in air pollution before quantitative measurements began (49). In another example, the color of snow, ice, and watercolor in polar paintings reveal information about glaciers' re ectance and health (50). Yet, analyses also indicate that some paintings do not depict the landscape entirely faithfully (47), overrepresent certain climatic conditions (26), or romanticize natural features like fjords and glaciers (50).…”

“…In another example, the color of snow, ice, and watercolor in polar paintings reveal information about glaciers' re ectance and health (50). Yet, analyses also indicate that some paintings do not depict the landscape entirely faithfully (47), overrepresent certain climatic conditions (26), or romanticize natural features like fjords and glaciers (50).…”