Tara Allen-Flanagan is an MA student in art history working under the supervision of Dr. Mary Hunter. She has a BA in English literature and art history from McGill University and is the recipient of a Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC) Master’s research scholarship. Her thesis research considers the influence of Japonisme and consumer culture on paintings of women applying makeup produced by artists Edouard Manet and Berthe Morisot in late nineteenth-century France.