Justin D. Spring

Background

Justin Spring was born on October 9, 1962 in New York City, New York, United States; the son of Justin Michael Spring and Sharon Doyle Johe, an attorney.

Education

In 1985 Justin Spring received a Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College.

Career

Justin Spring is the author of two biographies Fairfield Porter: A Life in Art and Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward. He authored many monographs, catalogs, museum publications, and books, including The Gourmands' Way, The Essential Edward Hopper and Coming to Light: Avery Gottlieb Rothko. Spring has held research fellowships from Yale University, Brown University, Radcliffe College and Amherst College.

Achievements

• Justin Spring is the recipient of many prizes and honors. His book was a finalist for the National Book Award. His work has been supported by a Guggenheim Fellowship in General Non-Fiction and a Leon Levy Center Fellowship in Biography. Justin also received the International Association of Art Critics Best Show Award and was a finalist for the Lamda Literary Award in Art History.

Works

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  • An Obscene Diary: The Visual World of Sam Steward

    (This lavishly illustrated volume chronicles the extraordi...)

    2010
  • The Gourmands' Way

    (A biography of six writers on food and wine whose lives a...)

    2017
  • The Essential Jackson Pollock

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    1998
  • Secret Historian 2010
  • Fairfield Porter: A Life in Art 1999
  • Paul Cadmus: The Male Nude 2002
  • The Itty Bitty Kitchen Handbook 2006
  • Andy Warhol: Fame and Misfortune 2012
  • The Essential Edward Hopper 1998
  • Coming to Light: Avery Gottlieb Rothko 2003
  • David Bates 2008

Membership

Justin Spring is a member of the National Book Critics’ Circle.

Connections

Father:

Justin Michael Spring

Mother:

Sharon Doyle Johe