Peter Schjeldahl’s Biography, Net Worth, Fact, Career, Awards and Life Story
Peter Schjeldahl (/ˈƩɛldɑːl/; Born 1942) Is an American Art Critic, Poet, and Educator.
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Early Life
Schjeldahl Was Born in Fargo, North Dakota. He Grew up in Small Towns Throughout Minnesota, and Attended Carleton College and the New School. He Began His Professional Writing Career as a Reporter in Minnesota, Iowa and New Jersey.
Art Critic
In 1964 He Traveled to Paris for a Year Before Settling in New York City in 1965. Since Coming to New York He Has Worked as an Art Critic for Artnews, the New York Times, the Village Voice (1980 to 1998), and 7 Days (The Cooper Union). in 1998 He Joined the New Yorker Where He Is Currently the Head Art Critic. His Writings Have Also Appeared in Artforum, Art in America, the New York Times Magazine, Vogue, and Vanity Fair. During His Career Schjeldahl Has Written Several Books of Poetry as Well as Art Criticism. He Taught at Harvard University in the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies for Four Year's as Well.
Awards
Schjeldahl Was Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1995. in 1980 He Received the Frank Jewett Mather Award for Art Criticism by the College Art Association. the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Named Peter Schjeldahl the Winner of the 2008 Clark Prize for Excellence in Arts Writing. the Prize Was Established in 2006 to Recognize Writers Who Advance Public Appreciation of Visual Art in a Way That “Is Grounded in Scholarship Yet Appeals to a Broad Range of Audiences. ” It Comes with a $25,000 Honorarium and an Award Designed by Architect Tadao Ando.
Personal Life
Schjeldahl Currently Resides in New York. He Is Married to Donnie Brooke Alderson, a Former Actress. They Have One Child, Ada Calhoun Schjeldahl, Who Writes Under the Name Ada Calhoun.
