Mark Stevens (art critic)
Mark Stevens | |
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Born | 1951 (age 69–70) New York City |
Occupation | Art critic, Author |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Princeton University (BA), King's College, Cambridge (MA) |
Genre | Biography |
Notable works | de Kooning: An American Master |
Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography |
Spouse | Annalyn Swan |
Website | |
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Mark Stevens (born August 14, 1951) is an American writer who was co-awarded the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography with Annalyn Swan for De Kooning: An American Master. During his writing career, Stevens was an art critic for Newsweek, The New Republic and New York between the 1970s to 2000s. Other publications by Stevens include a 1981 work on Richard Diebenkorn's art and a 1984 book called Summer of the City.
Early life and education[]
On August 14, 1951, Stevens was born in New York City. For his post-secondary education, Stevens received a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University in 1973 and a Master of Arts from King's College in 1975.[1]
Career[]
Stevens began his writing career as a freelancer in 1975 before becoming an art critic for Newsweek in 1977.[1] He remained at Newsweek until August 1988 while expanding his writings with The New Republic and Vanity Fair.[2] At The New Republic, Stevens started critiquing art in 1986 before continuing his art critic career with New York in 1996.[3] Stevens remained with the magazine until his resignation in 2007.[4]
Outside of art, Stevens published a work about Richard Diebenkorn's artworks in 1981. In 1984, he released his first book Summer of the City in 1984 while writing for Newsweek.[5][6] In 1989, Stevens and his wife Annalyn Swan signed with Bantam Books for a future biography about Willem de Kooning.[7] After spending ten years on the writing process, de Kooning: An American Master was released in 2004 by Alfred A. Knopf.[8][9]
In 2008, Stevens and Swan reached a deal with Knopf for a future Francis Bacon biography.[10] The resulting work, Francis Bacon: Revelations, was published in 2021 with HarperCollins (UK) and Knopf (US).[11] [12]
Awards and honors[]
In 2004, Stevens and Swan won the 2004 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography for De Kooning: An American Master.[13] The following year, Stevens and his wife won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for De Kooning: An American Master.[14]
References[]
- ^ "A Hite Report, A Newsweek Newcomer". New York. Vol. 22 no. 6. February 6, 1989. p. 12. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Critic, author talks of fame, political art on campus". Missoulian. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ "Critic Jerry Saltz Heads to New York mag". New York Observer. 30 March 2007. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ Hall, Sharon, ed. (1985). "Mark Stevens 19?-". Contemporary literary criticism. 34. Detroit: Gale Research Company. p. 111. ISBN 0810344084. ISSN 0091-3421. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ Burns, Ann; Waite, Deborah (15 March 1984). "First Novelists". Library Journal. 109 (5): 554. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ "Media Notes From All Over". New York. Vol. 22 no. 50. December 18, 1989. p. 10. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ Bonetti, David (October 23, 2005). "de Kooning biographers discuss their prize-winning project". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. F11.
- ^ Fischer, Jack (December 12, 2004). "A master gets his due". Wisconsin State Journal. p. G3.
- ^ Eyman, Scott (12 October 2008). "In the pipeline...". The Marshall News Messenger. p. 6B.
- ^ "FRANCIS BACON | Kirkus Reviews". Kirkus. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ Rachel, Cooke (17 January 2021). "Francis Bacon: Revelations by Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan review – a captivating triumph". The Guardian: Observer book of the week. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "The National Book Critics Circle Award". National Book Critics Circle. 2004. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ "Pulitizer winner sketches". The New York Times. 5 April 2005. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- 1951 births
- American writers
- American art critics
- Newsweek people
- The New Republic people
- Vanity Fair (magazine) people
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography winners
- Living people
- Princeton University alumni
- Alumni of King's College, Cambridge