An Obscene Diary: The Visual World of Sam Steward
Justin Spring is a New York based writer specializing in twentieth-century American art and culture. He is the author of many monographs, catalogs, museum publications, and books, including the biography Fairfield Porter: A Life in Art (Yale University Press, 2000) and Paul Cadmus: The Male Nude (Universe, 2002). He has been the recipient of a number of grants, fellowships, and awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and the AICA/International Association of Art Critics United States Section Best Show Award. He has also held research fellowships from Yale University, Brown University, Radcliffe University and Amherst College. His monograph on Paul Cadmus was a finalist for the Lamda Literary Award in Art History.