Lynn Gamwell
Lynn Gamwell is an American nonfiction author and art curator known for her books on art history, the history of mathematics, the history of science, and their connections such as mathematics and art.
Gamwell has a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago, an MFA from Claremont McKenna College, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. She is also a faculty member at the School of Visual Arts, and has curated exhibits for institutions including the Freud Museum, New York Academy of Sciences, and Loyola University Museum of Art.
Her books include:
- Madness in America: Cultural and Medical Perceptions of Mental Illness before 1914.
- Sigmund Freud and Art: His Personal Collection of Antiquities
- Dreams 1900-2000: Science, Art, and the Unconscious Mind
- Exploring the Invisible: Art, Science, and the Spiritual
- Color and Form: The Geometric Sculptures of Morton C. Bradley Jr
- Mathematics and Art: A Cultural History
- Whirligigs: The Art of Peter Gelker
