Wolfson History Prize
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Matthew Sturgis
マシュー・スタージス
Matthew Sturgis
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1960
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Fitzrovia, London
Career
- Occupations
- historian, biographer, journalist, art critic
- Active Years
- 1991-2024
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Oxford | — | History | — | — | United Kingdom |
University of Oxford
History
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography
1998 BiographyA biography of Aubrey Beardsley, impressively researched.
artfin de siècle
Walter Sickert: A Life
2005 BiographyBiography of Walter Sickert, praised as the biography he deserves.
paintereccentricity
Oscar: A Life
2018 BiographyDetailed biography of Oscar Wilde, superior to previous major works.
literatureVictorian era
Bibliography
- 1992 and All This (1991)
- Passionate Attitudes: The English Decadence of the 1890s (1995)
- Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography (1998)
- 1900 House: Featuring Extracts from the Personal Diaries of Joyce and Paul Bowler and Their Family (1999)
- Walter Sickert: A Life (2005)
- Oscar: A Life (2018); Oscar Wilde: A Life (US, 2021)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- meticulous researchobjective narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- fin de siècle artistsbiographical approach
Legacy
Renowned British biographer acclaimed for biographies of Oscar Wilde, Walter Sickert, and others.
Quotes
-
he is a tremendous orchestrator of material, fastidious, unhurried, indefatigable.
Source: The Guardian (2018)
Trivia
- Married to art dealer Rebecca Hossack.