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Peter Watson (arts benefactor)
English art collector and arts benefactor (–)
Victor William (Peter) Watson (14 September – 3 May ) was a wealthy English art collector and benefactor. He funded the literary magazine, Horizon, edited by Cyril Connolly.
Life and work
[edit]Watson was the son of William George Watson, later Sir George Watson, 1st Baronet, and was the youngest of three children—his brother Norman was born in and sister Florence in He was educated at Lockers Park School,[disputed &#; discuss][1]Eton College and St John's College, Oxford.[2]
Watson was an avid art collector acquiring works by such artists as Miró, Klee, and Pablo Picasso, which were displayed in his Paris apartment in the s. He was the principal benefactor of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London and also provided financial assistance to English and Irish painters including Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and John Craxton.[3] In , society photographer, artist and set designer Sir Cecil Beaton began a lifelong obsession with Watson, though the two never became lovers. One chapter from Hugo Vickers' authorized biography of Cecil Beaton is titled "I Love You, Mr. Watson".
In , Watson provided funding for Cyril Connolly's Horizon and beca
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Another biography filled with familiar names. The bibliography at the end, I highlighted all the books and biographies I had already read and wrote down those few I was tempted to buy to read. A short mention of Edith Olivier and I find that I have read two books on her and there is one I missed. I read Stephen Tennant's biography which led me to all of the books by and about Cecil Beaton and Peter Watson was the love of Beaton's life. I do relish reading of the English intellectual, political, sexual and aristocratic lives. It is all so incestuous and connected. Everyone knew everyone and their biographies have the same names, places, words, phrases, quotes and history. Bits and bobs of information that have me pulling a book from my shelves or googling potted biographies which may have me searching for a copy to buy. For example: when I read Nick Haslam's biography I googled his house The Hunting Lodge with its history and photos and YouTube video which led me to Knole childhood home of Vita Sackville-West and all her husband Harold Nicolson's diaries and then to Sissinghurst and its great gardens and Chatsworth and the books of Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire which led to a ton of books on and by th
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