Jill Conner is the author of The Blue Hour in Max Beckmann’s “Large Still-Life with Doves” by PalmArtPress in Berlin. The book is currently available in Germany, in English and German, with a US release date set for October 2026.

Jill has studied Germanics, Art History and Cultural Management at the University of Washington, the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and Leuphana University of Lüneburg.  She is a descendant of German immigrants who moved to the American Midwest in the late 19th-century.

As an art critic and curator of emerging contemporary art, she has been inspired by the role of culture outlined by Norbert Elias and practiced by artists in early 20th-century Berlin.

Through the life and work of Max Beckmann, she has examined the ambiguity of civilization as it has developed over time from unfolding, cultural changes.