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[[File:Matthew Sturgis 20181129.jpg|thumb|Matthew Sturgis, [[Hatchards]], London, November 2018]] |
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'''Matthew Sturgis''' is a British historian and biographer. |
'''Matthew Sturgis''' (born 1960)<ref>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/sturgis-matthew-1960 Encyclopedia.com]</ref> is a British historian and biographer. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Sturgis has written art criticism for ''[[Harpers & Queens]]'', travel journalism for ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'', book reviews for ''[[The Independent]]'', and cartoons for the ''Oldie'' and the ''[[Daily Mail]]''.<ref name="harpercollins.com"/> |
Sturgis has written art criticism for ''[[Harpers & Queens]]'', travel journalism for ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'', book reviews for ''[[The Independent]]'', and cartoons for the ''Oldie'' and the ''[[Daily Mail]]''.<ref name="harpercollins.com"/> |
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''[[The Independent]]'' called his 1998 ''Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography'' "impressively researched".<ref name="independent.co.uk">{{cite web|url= |
''[[The Independent]]'' called his 1998 ''[[Aubrey Beardsley]]: A Biography'' "impressively researched".<ref name="independent.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/aubrey-beardsley-a-biography-by-matthew-sturgis-6295210.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/aubrey-beardsley-a-biography-by-matthew-sturgis-6295210.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography, By Matthew Sturgis|author=|date=27 January 2012|website=The Independent|accessdate=5 December 2018}}</ref> |
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Reviewing ''[[Walter Sickert]]: A Life'', Sickert scholar [[Richard Shone]] concluded, "At last Sickert has the biography he deserves".<ref>[https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-painter-properly-portrayed/ Shone, Richard, "The painter properly portrayed", ''The Spectator'', 12 February 2005]</ref> Another reviewer found Sturgis "marvelous in capturing the sparkling eccentricities of his subject along with the changing fads and fashions to which Sickert was throughout his long life so sensitive".<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/20064695 Fox, Paul, untitled review in ''South Atlantic Review'', Vol. 70, No. 4 (Fall 2005), pp. 152-155]</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Reviewing ''Oscar: A Life'' in ''[[The Guardian]]'', |
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| ⚫ | Reviewing ''[[Oscar Wilde|Oscar]]: A Life'' in ''[[The Guardian]]'', Anthony Quinn wrote "he is a tremendous orchestrator of material, fastidious, unhurried, indefatigable."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/01/oscar-wilde-a-life-by-matthew-sturgis-review|title=Oscar: A Life by Matthew Sturgis – review|first=Anthony|last=Quinn|date=1 October 2018|publisher=|accessdate=5 December 2018|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> The ''[[Evening Standard]]'', called it "sympathetic and insightful", and "much better" than the last major biography of Wilde, by [[Richard Ellman]] thirty years earlier.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/books/oscar-a-life-by-matthew-sturgis-review-a3959531.html|title=Oscar: A Life by Matthew Sturgis – review|author=|date=11 October 2018|website=Evening Standard|accessdate=5 December 2018}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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==Publications== |
==Publications== |
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*''1992 and All This'', Macmillan, 1991 |
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*''Passionate Attitudes: The English Decadence of the 1890s'', Macmillan, 1995<ref name="harpercollins.com"/> |
*''Passionate Attitudes: The English Decadence of the 1890s'', Macmillan, 1995<ref name="harpercollins.com"/> |
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*''Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography'', 1998<ref name="independent.co.uk"/> |
*''Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography'', 1998<ref name="independent.co.uk"/> |
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*''1900 House: Featuring Extracts from the Personal Diaries of Joyce and Paul Bowler and Their Family'' with Mark McCrum, Macmillan, London, 1999. {{ISBN|978-0-7522-1711-6}} |
*''1900 House: Featuring Extracts from the Personal Diaries of Joyce and Paul Bowler and Their Family'' with Mark McCrum, Macmillan, London, 1999. {{ISBN|978-0-7522-1711-6}} |
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*''Walter Sickert: A Life'', 2005<ref name="harpercollins.com"/> |
*''Walter Sickert: A Life'', 2005<ref name="harpercollins.com"/> |
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*''Oscar: A Life'' Head of Zeus, 2018 |
*''Oscar: A Life'', Head of Zeus, 2018. Published in the U.S. as ''Oscar Wilde: A Life'', Alfred A. Knopf, 2021. |
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Revision as of 14:39, 3 January 2023
Matthew Sturgis (born 1960)[1] is a British historian and biographer.
Early life
Sturgis earned a degree in history at the University of Oxford.[2]
Career
Sturgis has written art criticism for Harpers & Queens, travel journalism for The Sunday Telegraph, book reviews for The Independent, and cartoons for the Oldie and the Daily Mail.[2]
The Independent called his 1998 Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography "impressively researched".[3]
Reviewing Walter Sickert: A Life, Sickert scholar Richard Shone concluded, "At last Sickert has the biography he deserves".[4] Another reviewer found Sturgis "marvelous in capturing the sparkling eccentricities of his subject along with the changing fads and fashions to which Sickert was throughout his long life so sensitive".[5]
Reviewing Oscar: A Life in The Guardian, Anthony Quinn wrote "he is a tremendous orchestrator of material, fastidious, unhurried, indefatigable."[6] The Evening Standard, called it "sympathetic and insightful", and "much better" than the last major biography of Wilde, by Richard Ellman thirty years earlier.[7]
Personal life
He is married to the art dealer and gallerist Rebecca Hossack, and they live in a Georgian house in Fitzrovia, London.[8]
Publications
- 1992 and All This, Macmillan, 1991
- Passionate Attitudes: The English Decadence of the 1890s, Macmillan, 1995[2]
- Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography, 1998[3]
- 1900 House: Featuring Extracts from the Personal Diaries of Joyce and Paul Bowler and Their Family with Mark McCrum, Macmillan, London, 1999. ISBN 978-0-7522-1711-6
- Walter Sickert: A Life, 2005[2]
- Oscar: A Life, Head of Zeus, 2018. Published in the U.S. as Oscar Wilde: A Life, Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
References
- ^ Encyclopedia.com
- ^ a b c d "Matthew Sturgis". HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography, By Matthew Sturgis". The Independent. 27 January 2012. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ Shone, Richard, "The painter properly portrayed", The Spectator, 12 February 2005
- ^ Fox, Paul, untitled review in South Atlantic Review, Vol. 70, No. 4 (Fall 2005), pp. 152-155
- ^ Quinn, Anthony (1 October 2018). "Oscar: A Life by Matthew Sturgis – review". Retrieved 5 December 2018 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Oscar: A Life by Matthew Sturgis – review". Evening Standard. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ "The London Magazine". www.thelondonmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
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