Mark Stevens (art critic)

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]

Awards and honors

In 2004, Stevens and Swan won the 2004 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography for De Kooning: An American Master.[11] The following year, Stevens and his wife won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for De Kooning: An American Master.[12]

References
  1. May, Hal; Trosky, Susan M., eds. (1988). "Stevens, Mark 1951—". Contemporary Authors. 122. Detroit: Gale Research Company. p. 431. ISBN 0810319225. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  2. "A Hite Report, A Newsweek Newcomer". New York. Vol. 22 no. 6. February 6, 1989. p. 12. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  3. "Critic, author talks of fame, political art on campus". Missoulian. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  4. "Critic Jerry Saltz Heads to New York mag". New York Observer. 30 March 2007. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  5. 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.
  6. Burns, Ann; Waite, Deborah (15 March 1984). "First Novelists". Library Journal. 109 (5): 554. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  7. "Media Notes From All Over". New York. Vol. 22 no. 50. December 18, 1989. p. 10. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  8. Bonetti, David (October 23, 2005). "de Kooning biographers discuss their prize-winning project". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. F11.
  9. Fischer, Jack (December 12, 2004). "A master gets his due". Wisconsin State Journal. p. G3.
  10. Eyman, Scott (12 October 2008). "In the pipeline...". The Marshall News Messenger. p. 6B.
  11. "The National Book Critics Circle Award". National Book Critics Circle. 2004. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  12. "Pulitizer winner sketches". The New York Times. 5 April 2005. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
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