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Articles by Michael Peppiatt
Francis Bacon and his Muse, George Dyer
A lthough his work and personal reputation were still highly controversial, Francis Bacon received official consecration when his first retrospective exhibition opened in May 1962 at London’s Tate Gallery. For the artist, it was a major step in a career that would lead to every art world honour – and a kind of international stardom that very few artists ever achieve.
Thames & Hudson USA
Description Praised by The Art Newspaper as “the best art writer of his generation,” Michael Peppiatt has encountered many European modern artists over more than fifty years.
Caravaggio
In the tradition of John Richardson's Picasso, a commanding new biography of the Italian master's tumultuous life and mysterious death. For four hundred years Caravaggio's (1571-1610) staggering artistic achievements have thrilled viewers, yet his volatile personal trajectory - the murder of Ranuccio Tomasini, the doubt surrounding Caravaggio's sexuality, the chain of events that began with his imprisonment on Malta and ended with his premature death - has long confounded historians.
The Valves of Sensation
Sotheby’s is honored to announce that Francis Bacon’s large-format 'Triptych Inspired by the 'Oresteia' of Aeschylus' will highlight our Contemporary Art Evening Auction this June in New York, when it will be offered with an estimate in excess of $60 million. Here, Michael Peppiatt – a preeminent writer and expert on 20th century art, as well as a close friend and commentator on Francis Bacon – discusses Bacon's process for creating this masterpiece.
Henrik Ibsen: The man and the mask
Jolley Prize Reviewed by Kári Gíslason • Henrik Ibsen: The man and the mask by Ivo de Figueiredo, translated by Robert Ferguson Yale University Press (Footprint), $74.99 hb, 704 pp, 9780300208818 Jolley Prize Reviewed by Kári Gíslason • One of the strongest markers of identity in my birthplace, Iceland, is the idea of independence.
Gemma Betros reviews 'The Existential Englishman: Paris among the artists' by Michael Peppiatt
I wanted to like this memoir very much, not least because the inside of the book jacket promises, with some originality, a ‘not-uncritical love letter to Paris’. People (myself included) have a tendency to wax rhapsodic about France’s capital, but anyone who has ever lived there for any length of time knows just how dispiriting the reality of daily life can be.
Agnès Poirier - He Showed the French a Thing or Two
Part confession, part meditation on artists, Michael Peppiatt’s memoir about being an Englishman in Paris from 1966 to 1994 and again since 2014 probably reveals more than the author had intended. Often candid about his failures and inability to stick to the great literary ambitions of his youth, the well-known biographer of Francis Bacon doesn’t seem much interested in retenue, even when musing about his insatiable appetite for priapic adventures.
Designers Lawrence Sumich and Virginia Fisher Create a New Zealand Cottage | Architectural Digest
This article originally appeared in the December 2008 issue of Architectural Digest.
Architect Javier Barba Constructs a Mykonos Villa | Architectural Digest
This article originally appeared in the October 2008 issue of Architectural Digest. I'm Spanish through and through," says Barcelona-based architect Javier Barba, "but nowhere in the world do I feel as happy and at home as in Greece—particularly when I'm traveling around the islands, which are amazingly different and all magical. This is a very old civilization, where people really know how to live.
Designer Jaime Parladé’s Country Home in Andalusia | Architectural Digest
This article originally appeared in the September 2008 issue of Architectural Digest. However deep you get into the heart of Andalusia's incredibly rich, ancient culture, you are always aware that it is a kind of oasis, a sudden flowering amid the great, barren mountain ranges that rise all around it.
Samiya Al-Harthy Sheridan Creates a Tranquil Home on the Arabian Sea | Architectural Digest
This article originally appeared in the August 2008 issue of Architectural Digest. Everything you see in Oman stands out with crystal clarity, from the fretted outlines of ancient forts and mosques to the complex structures of the palm trees with their clashing fronds and clusters of golden dates. Colors look unusually intense, as if they had been distilled from the hot, dry air to keep the monotony of the outlying desert at bay. The whitewashed façades of the buildings gleam in the sun.
Grant White Updates an 1835 London Residence | Architectural Digest
This article originally appeared in the April 2008 issue of Architectural Digest. London's Belgrave Square is as grand as classical domestic architecture gets. Its huge, cream-colored mansions and parklike private gardens exude stately ease and privilege. The square was built in the late 1820s on reclaimed marshland belonging to the Grosvenor family (the future dukes of Westminster), and it quickly became a choice address for aristocratic families who wanted to live close to Buckingham Palace.
Nicholas Haslam Designs a Serene Villa and Garden on the Côte d'Azur | Architectural Digest
This article originally appeared in the March 2008 issue of Architectural Digest. The only thing better than one earthly paradise, Konstantin and Natasha Kagalovsky concluded after several wonderful summers on Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, would be two. They already owned a substantial villa on this discreet, manicured peninsula that juts into the Mediterranean between Nice and Monte Carlo. They also already had enviably direct access from their garden to a secluded beach.
Nick and Christian Candy Renovate a Penthouse in Monte Carlo | Architectural Digest
This article originally appeared in the November 2009 issue of Architectural Digest. Any city whose center is made up of a vast, flamboyant casino flanked by grand, fortresslike hotels is bound to intrigue. A Mediterranean harbor bobbing with extravagant yachts and a princely palace on the skyline give you a few more clues to your whereabouts. Then, as the roulette wheels begin to hum, you realize this can only be one place: Monte Carlo.
Marta and Oscar Fisch Revive a 400-Year-Old Farmhouse in Tuscany | Architectural Digest
This article originally appeared in the September 2009 issue of Architectural Digest. The moment you arrive in the Val di Chiana, in southern Tuscany, you know you are standing on ancient land. You sense it even before you visit the valley's extraordinary prehistoric caves or discover the wealth of Etruscan antiquities that are still regularly dug up here. And then you see how one great civilization after another has molded the contours of this land to give its horizon its timeless feel.
Look Inside Yves Saint Laurent's Former Couture House in Paris | Architectural Digest
In a brilliant career spanning more than four decades, Yves Saint Laurent has always been driven by the need to invent and change. At the tender age of 21 the shy, bespectacled designer had already established himself as the new creative force behind the grand couture house of Christian Dior. A few years later, with the help of Pierre Bergé, his partner and business manager, Saint Laurent left Dior to strike out on his own.
Francis Bacon in Your Blood: A Memoir
books.google.com - In June of 1963, when Michael Peppiatt first met Francis Bacon, the former was a college boy at Cambridge, the latter already a famous painter, more than thirty years his senior. And yet, Peppiatt was welcomed into the volatile artist’s world; Bacon, considered by many to be "mad, bad, and dangerous...
Newest titles - Carroll County Times
The following fiction and nonfiction titles will be available at Baltimore County Public Library as of Dec. 13. The creators on the Make team can help you get your 3-D printing to the next level. It's Christmastime in Queen Elizabeth I's court and a murder has been committed. Her musician must keep the guests entertained and distracted while the investigation gets underway. Also available in e-book.
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