John Richardson was born in London in 1924. He studied art at the Slade School but soon gave up painting for art criticism. In 1949 he moved to France, where he lived for the next twelve years, befriending Picasso, Braque, Léger, and Cocteau. In the early 1960s Richardson moved to New York, where he was appointed head of Christie's US operation, and eventually became a full-time writer and editor. He has published books on Manet and Braque and is a contributor to The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair. The first volume of A Life of Picasso, covering the years 1881-1906, was published in 1991 and won the Whitbread Prize. The second volume of A Life of Picasso, covering the years 1907-1917, was published in 1996.
In 1993 Richardson was made a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. In 1994-95 he served as the Slade Professor of Art at Oxford. Currently he divides his time between Connecticut and New York City, where is working on the fourth volume of A Life of Picasso
John Richardson was born in London in 1924. He studied art at the Slade School but soon gave up painting for art criticism. In 1949 he moved to France, where he lived for the next twelve years, befriending Picasso, Braque, Léger, and Cocteau. In the early 1960s Richardson moved to New York, where he was appointed head of Christie's US operation, and eventually became a full-time writer and editor. He has published books on Manet and Braque and is a contributor to The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair. The first volume of A Life of Picasso, covering the years 1881-1906, was published in 1991 and won the Whitbread Prize. The second volume of A Life of Picasso, covering the years 1907-1917, was published in 1996.
In 1993 Richardson was made a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. In 1994-95 he served as the Slade Professor of Art at Oxford. Currently he divides his time between Connecticut and New York City, where is working on the fourth volume of A Life of Picasso
The first volume of John Richardson's extraordiinary biography of Picasso
John Richardson was born in London in 1924. He studied art at the
Slade School but soon gave up painting for art criticism. In 1949
he moved to France, where he lived for the next twelve years,
befriending Picasso, Braque, Leger, and Cocteau. In the early 1960s
Richardson moved to New York, where he was appointed head of
Christie's US operation, and eventually became a full-time writer
and editor. He has published books on Manet and Braque and is a
contributor to The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and
Vanity Fair. The first volume of A Life of Picasso, covering the
years 1881-1906, was published in 1991 and won the Whitbread Prize.
The second volume of A Life of Picasso, covering the years
1907-1917, was published in 1996.
In 1993 Richardson was made a Corresponding Fellow of the British
Academy. In 1994-95 he served as the Slade Professor of Art at
Oxford. Currently he divides his time between Connecticut and New
York City, where is working on the fourth volume of A Life of
Picasso
Richardson, it hardly needs repeating, is steeped in Picasso and
his life (his own friendship with Picasso is the tacit bedrock of
this biography) but the arguments he makes are always precise and
cogent, never blithely assertive.
*The Spectator*
Richardson, it hardly needs repeating, is steeped in Picasso and his life (his own friendship with Picasso is the tacit bedrock of this biography) but the arguments he makes are always precise and cogent, never blithely assertive. -- William Boyd * The Spectator *
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