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''[[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|title=Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography, By Matthew Sturgis|author=|date=27 January 2012|website=The Independent|accessdate=5 December 2018}}</ref> |
''[[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|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 ''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 |
Reviewing ''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== |
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Matthew Sturgis is a British historian and biographer.
Early life
Sturgis earned a degree in history at the University of Oxford.[1]
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.[1]
The Independent called his 1998 Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography "impressively researched".[2]
Reviewing Oscar: A Life in The Guardian, Anthony Quinn wrote "he is a tremendous orchestrator of material, fastidious, unhurried, indefatigable."[3] The Evening Standard, called it "sympathetic and insightful", and "much better" than the last major biography of Wilde, by Richard Ellman thirty years earlier.[4]
Personal life
He is married to the art dealer and gallerist Rebecca Hossack, and they live in a Georgian house in Fitzrovia, London.[5]
Publications
- 1992 and All This, Macmillan, 1991
- Passionate Attitudes: The English Decadence of the 1890s, Macmillan, 1995[1]
- Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography, 1998[2]
- 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[1]
- Oscar: A Life Head of Zeus, 2018
References
- ^ 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. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ 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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