| Brian Lukacher | |
| Birth Place: | York, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Occupation: | Art historian Educator |
| Workplaces: | Bowdoin College Vassar College |
| Discipline: | Art history |
| Sub Discipline: | British art |
| Alma Mater: | New College of Florida Williams College University of Delaware |
| Spouse: | Joanne Martin |
| Thesis Title: | Joseph Michael Gandy: The Poetical Representation and Mythography of Architecture |
| Thesis Url: | https://delcat.on.worldcat.org/oclc/18941034 |
| Thesis Year: | 1987 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Damie Stillman |
Brian Lukacher is an American art historian and educator. Lukacher is currently Professor of Art History at Vassar College.
A native of York, Lukacher received three degrees in Art History: a Bachelor of Arts from the New College of Florida in 1977, a Master of Arts from Williams College, and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Delaware in 1987.[1] His college thesis was titled "Human Experience and Visionary Landscapes in English Romantic Art," and his doctoral dissertation was on the architecture of Joseph Gandy, who Lukacher continued to study.[2] The latter was completed under the supervision of Damie Stillman.
During the 1984 to 1985 academic year, Lukacher taught as an instructor of art history at Bowdoin College.[3] He has taught at Vassar College since 1986, rising through the ranks to Professor of Art History.[4] He is a scholar of British art, focusing on aesthetics and social history from the late eighteenth through nineteenth century.
Lukacher resides in Poughkeepsie and lives with his wife, Joanne Martin, who is a fellow art historian.