Mary Tavener Holmes

Mary Tavener Holmes was graduated with a MA and PhD from the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU. For more than 30 years, she has worked as a curator, author and teacher in the field of European art, specializing in eighteenth-century French drawings and paintings. She is the author of numerous publications on that subject, including Nicolas Lancret: Dance before a Fountain and A Magic Mirror: The Portrait in France, 1700-1900, with George T.M. Shackelford. She has written several award-winning children's books, including My Travels with Clara and A Giraffe goes to Paris (with John Harris). She lives in New York city with her three kids and two cats, and she loves the Yankees!