Michael Peppiatt Explained

Michael Peppiatt
Birth Place:Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Occupation:Writer and art historian
Alma Mater:University of Cambridge

Michael Henry Peppiatt[1] (born 9 October 1941) is an English art historian, curator and writer.

Biography

Son of Edward George Peppiatt (died 1983), B.Sc, ARCS, of Silver Birches, Stocking Pelham, near Buntingford, Hertfordshire, technical and production director for a pharmaceutical manufacturing company,[2] and Elsa Eugénie (née Schlaich; died 1997).[3]

Education and career

Michael Peppiatt studied at Brentwood School, Essex, at the University of Göttingen, and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge (BA 1964, MA 1985, PhD)[4] [5] and subsequently joined The Observer as a junior art critic. He then went to Paris to take up an editorial job at Réalités magazine, where he remained until 1969, when he was appointed arts editor at Le Monde.[6] In the mid-1970s he began reporting on cultural events across Europe for The New York Times and The Financial Times, becoming Paris correspondent for several art magazines, notably Art News and Art International. In 1985, Peppiatt became owner and editor of Art International,[7] which he relaunched from Paris, devoting special issues to the artists he most admired.

In 1994, Peppiatt returned to London with his wife, the art historian Jill Lloyd, and their two children, where he wrote the biography of Francis Bacon (1909–1992), whose close friend and commentator he had been for thirty years. Chosen as a "Book of the Year"[8] by The New York Times and translated into several languages, the biography is considered the definitive account of Bacon's life and work.

Peppiatt has curated numerous exhibitions worldwide, notably travelling retrospectives of the School of London, Francis Bacon, Alberto Giacometti, Christian Schad and Antoni Tàpies. In 2009, Peppiatt curated an exhibition of sculpture by Dado for the Venice Biennale,[9] a Maillol retrospective for Barcelona,[10] and a Caravaggio-Bacon exhibit for the Galleria Borghese in Rome.[11]

In 2005, Peppiatt was awarded a Ph.D by the University of Cambridge for his publications on 20th-century art. He is a member of the Society of Authors and the Royal Society of Literature, and since 2010 he has been on the board of the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome.

In 2012, Peppiatt published Interviews with Artists, a book of more than forty interviews with personalities ranging from Jean Dubuffet, Balthus, and Oscar Niemeyer to Brassai, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Antoni Tàpies.[12] An exhibition on this theme was shown at Eykyn Maclean in London.

Peppiatt curated a Miró exhibition that travelled from the Bucerius Kunst Forum in Hamburg to the Kunstsammlung, Düsseldorf, in 2014–15.[13] Peppiatt's latest memoir, Francis Bacon in Your Blood, was published by Bloomsbury in August 2015.[14] In 2018, Peppiatt curated the exhibition Bacon/Giacometti at the Beyeler Foundation, Switzerland. In 2022, Peppiatt curated the exhibition, Francis Bacon: Man and Beast, at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. The exhibition charts the development of Bacon's work through the lens of his fascination with animals and its impact on his treatment of the human figure.[15]

Peppiatt has completed a new memoir about his life in Paris from the 1960s onwards, to be published by Bloomsbury.

Peppiatt serves on the advisory council of the UK Friends of the National Museum of Women in the Arts.[16]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. The Cambridge University List of Members up to 31 July 1998, Cambridge University Press, 1998, p. 613
  2. Who's Who of British Scientists, Ohio University Press, 1965, p. 1165
  3. Debrett's People of Today, Debrett's Peerage Ltd, 1995, pp. 1218, 1561; 2017, p. 2400
  4. The Cambridge University List of Members up to 31 July 1998, Cambridge University Press, 1998, p. 613
  5. Debrett's People of Today, Debrett's Peerage Ltd, 2017, p. 2400
  6. Web site: Bio. Michael Peppiatt. 6 July 2016.
  7. Web site: Bio. Yale Books. 6 July 2016.
  8. Web site: Francis Bacon in the 1950s . . 18 December 2006.
  9. Web site: 2009 Pavilion MONTENEGRO : Dado. The Zorzi Elegies. Unesco. 6 July 2016.
  10. Web site: Exhibitions. Michael Peppiatt. 6 July 2016.
  11. Web site: Credits. Caravaggio-Bacon. 6 July 2016.
  12. Web site: Talitha Stevenson. Interviews with Artists, 1966‑2012 by Michael Peppiatt – review. The Observer . 31 March 2012.
  13. Web site: Exhibitions. Michael Peppiatt. 6 July 2016.
  14. Web site: Francis Bacon in Your Blood. Bloomsbury Publishing. 6 July 2016.
  15. Web site: Francis Bacon: Man and Beast, Royal Academy of Arts, 29 January – 17 April, 2022. 29 January 2022. 18 July 2022. emergentmag.com.
  16. Web site: About Us. UK Friends of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. 13 April 2016.
  17. Web site: Imagination's Chamber: Artists and Their Studios. 2021-12-25. Book Patrol. en-US.
  18. Book: Peppiatt, Michael. Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma. 1997. Phoenix Giant. 978-0-7538-0248-9. en.
  19. Web site: Zoran Music. Introduction and interview by Michael Peppiatt. Sainsbury Centre of Visual Arts, 8 February 23 April 2000. by MUSIC, ZORAN.: Fine Paperback (2000) First edition Roe and Moore. 2021-12-25. www.abebooks.com. en.
  20. Web site: Alberto Giacometti in Postwar Paris Yale University Press. 2021-12-25. yalebooks.yale.edu.
  21. Web site: Aristide Maillol. 2021-12-25. Ivam. en-US.
  22. Web site: Christian Schad and the Neue Sachlichkeit : Jill Lloyd : 9780393324778. 2021-12-25. www.bookdepository.com.
  23. Book: Leslibraires.fr. Dans l'Atelier de Giacometti - Michael Peppiatt - Echoppe. fr.
  24. Web site: FRANCIS BACON LE SACRE ET LE PROFANE by Peppiatt, Michael: Near Fine Paperback (2004) First edition. Lost Horizon Bookstore. 2021-12-25. www.abebooks.co.uk. en-GB.
  25. Book: Saisons, Librairie Les. L' Amitie Leiris Bacon, Une Étrange Fascination - Michael Peppiatt - Echoppe. fr.
  26. Book: Les dilemmes de Jean Dubuffet : entretiens - Michael Peppiatt - L'echoppe - Grand format - Le Hall du Livre NANCY. fr.
  27. Web site: Francis Bacon: Studies for a Portrait: Essays and Interviews Francis Bacon. 2021-12-25. www.francis-bacon.com.
  28. Web site: Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma Francis Bacon. 2021-12-25. www.francis-bacon.com.
  29. Web site: Caravaggio Bacon Francis Bacon. 2021-12-25. www.francis-bacon.com.
  30. Web site: In Giacometti's Studio. 2021-12-25. www.studiointernational.com.
  31. Web site: In Giacometti's Studio - an Intimate Portrait - New York - Exhibitions - Eykyn Maclean. 2021-12-25. www.eykynmaclean.com. en.
  32. Web site: Stevenson. Talitha. 2012-03-31. Interviews with Artists, 1966‑2012 by Michael Peppiatt – review. 2021-12-25. The Guardian. en.
  33. Web site: Forum. Bucerius Kunst. Exhibitions Bucerius Kunst Forum. 2021-12-25. www.buceriuskunstforum.de. en.
  34. Web site: 9789810784089: Art Plural: Voices of Contemporary Art - AbeBooks - Peppiatt, Michael; Peterson, Jane A.: 9810784082. 2021-12-25. www.abebooks.com. en.
  35. Web site: Miró. Malerei als Poesie (Hamburg, 12 Jun 14). 2021-12-25. arthist.net.
  36. Web site: Francis Bacon in your Blood: A Memoir Francis Bacon. 2021-12-25. www.francis-bacon.com.
  37. Web site: 2019-01-20. The Existential Englishman: Paris Among the Artists – review. 2021-12-25. The Guardian. en.
  38. Web site: The Making of Modern Art by Michael Peppiatt. 2021-12-25. Yale Books UK. en.
  39. Web site: Francis Bacon: Studies for a Portrait. 2021-12-25. thamesandhudson.com. en.
  40. Book: Peppiatt, Michael. Bacon/Giacometti: A Dialogue. 2021-01-07. ERIS. 978-1-912475-21-6. en.
  41. Web site: Event: Bacon / Giacometti. A Dialogue: by Michael Peppiatt. 2021-12-25. Dellasposa. en.
  42. Book: Francis Bacon: Man and Beast . 2021 . Royal Academy of Arts . 978-1-912520-55-8 . Peppiatt . Michael . London . Testar . Anna . Lee . Sarah . Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain).
  43. Book: Bacon, Francis . Only Too Much Is Enough: Francis Bacon In His Own Words . Eris . 2021 . 978-1912475568 . Peppiatt . Michael . London.
  44. Book: Peppiatt, Michael . Artists' Lives . Thames and Hudson . 2023 . 9780500021965 . 1st . London.
  45. Book: Peppiatt, Michael . Giacometti in Paris . Bloomsbury . 2023 . 9781526600950 . 1st . London.
  46. Book: Peppiatt, Michael . Francis Bacon: A Self-Portrait in Words . Thames and Hudson . 2024 . 9780500021866 . 1st . London.

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