Jill Lloyd is a writer and curator specializing in

twentieth-century art Twentieth-century art—and what it became as modern art—began with modernism in the late nineteenth century. Overview Nineteenth-century movements of Post-Impressionism (), Art Nouveau and Symbolism led to the first twentieth-century art mov ...

, with particular expertise for German and Austrian art. She has organised many critically acclaimed exhibitions for leading museums and has published widely, including her book ''German

Expressionism Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...

Primitivism In the arts of the Western world, Primitivism is a mode of aesthetic idealization that means to recreate the experience of ''the primitive'' time, place, and person, either by emulation or by re-creation. In Western philosophy, Primitivism propo ...

and

Modernity Modernity, a topic in the humanities and social sciences, is both a historical period (the modern era) and the ensemble of particular Society, socio-Culture, cultural Norm (social), norms, attitudes and practices that arose in the wake of the ...

'' (

Yale University Press Yale University Press is the university press of Yale University. It was founded in 1908 by George Parmly Day and Clarence Day, grandsons of Benjamin Day, and became a department of Yale University in 1961, but it remains financially and ope ...

), which was awarded the first National Art Book Prize. She is a member of the board of trustees for the

Neue Galerie New York The Neue Galerie New York ( German for "New Gallery") is a museum of early twentieth-century German and Austrian art and design located in the William Starr Miller House at 86th Street and Fifth Avenue in New York City. Established in 2001, ...

, where she has curated several important exhibitions including

Van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade, he created approximately 2,100 artwork ...

and Expressionism,

Vasily Kandinsky Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky ( – 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist. Kandinsky is generally credited as one of the pioneers of abstraction in western art. Born in Moscow, he spent his childhood in Odessa, where ...

: From

Blaue Reiter ''Der Blaue Reiter'' (''The Blue Rider'') was a group of artists and a designation by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc for their exhibition and publication activities, in which both artists acted as sole editors in the almanac of the same name ...

Bauhaus The Staatliches Bauhaus (), commonly known as the , was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined Decorative arts, crafts and the fine arts.Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 4th edn., ...

Ferdinand Hodler Ferdinand Hodler (March 14, 1853 – May 19, 1918) was a Swiss painter. He is one of the best-known Swiss painters of the nineteenth century. His early works were portraits, landscapes, and genre paintings in a realistic style. Later, he ad ...

, View to Infinity, Vienna 1900, Munch and Expressionism, and

Richard Gerstl Richard Gerstl (14 September 1883 – 4 November 1908) was an Austrian painter and draughtsman known for his expressive psychologically insightful portraits, his lack of critical acclaim during his lifetime, and his affair with the wife of Arnol ...

Early life

After completing her studies at the

Courtauld Institute of Art The Courtauld Institute of Art (), commonly referred to as The Courtauld, is a self-governing college of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art and conservation. The art collection is known particularly for ...

with a PhD on

German Expressionism Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radi ...

, Lloyd began her career as a lecturer in twentieth-century Art at

University College, London University College London (Trade name, branded as UCL) is a Public university, public research university in London, England. It is a Member institutions of the University of London, member institution of the Federal university, federal Uni ...

University. On moving to

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

in 1989 she worked as Editor of

Art International ''Art International'' known as ''Art International Magazine'', was an art journal based in Switzerland and issued 10 times per year, before moving to Paris, where it was issued quarterly. James A. Fitzsimmons was the magazine's first chief editor ...

Magazine.

Art

Since 1995 Lloyd has had a successful career as an independent

art historian Art history is the study of artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history. Traditionally, the ...

, curating a number of prestigious exhibitions for leading international museums including

Tate Tate is an institution that houses, in a network of four art galleries, the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art. It is not a government institution, but its main sponsor is the UK ...

, Royal Academy London,

National Gallery of Art Washington The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. Open to the public and free of charge, the museum was privately established in ...

, Neuenationalgalerie Berlin,

Van Gogh Museum The Van Gogh Museum () is a Dutch art museum dedicated to the works of Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries in the Museum Square in Amsterdam South, close to the Stedelijk Museum, the Rijksmuseum, and the Concertgebouw. The museum opened o ...

and the

Beyeler Foundation The Beyeler Foundation or Fondation Beyeler, with its museum in Riehen, near Basel (Switzerland), owns and oversees the art collection of Hildy and Ernst Beyeler, which features modern and traditional art. The Beyeler Foundation museum includes ...

. Alongside her expertise on Expressionism, she is known for her writings on contemporary artists such as

Georg Baselitz Georg Baselitz (born 23 January 1938) is a German Painting, painter, Sculpture, sculptor and Graphic arts, graphic artist. In the 1960s he became well known for his Figurative art, figurative, expressive paintings. In 1969 he began painting his ...

and

Gerhard Richter Gerhard Richter (; born 9 February 1932) is a German visual artist. Richter has produced Abstract art, abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, photographs and Glass art, glass pieces. He is widely regarded as one of the most important con ...

. In 2001 Jill Lloyd was awarded the

Order of Merit The Order of Merit () is an order of merit for the Commonwealth realms, recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or the promotion of culture. Established in 1902 by Edward VII, admission into the order r ...

by the German government for promoting cultural relations between Germany and the United Kingdom and for bringing German art of the 20th century to a wider audience.

Personal life

Married to the writer

Michael Peppiatt Michael Henry Peppiatt (born 9 October 1941) is an English art historian, curator and writer. Biography Son of Edward George Peppiatt (died 1983), B.Sc, ARCS, of Silver Birches, Stocking Pelham, near Buntingford, Hertfordshire, technical and ...

, Lloyd lives between Paris and London. Her daughter Clio Peppiatt is British fashion designer and her son Alex Peppiatt works in the music industry.

Exhibitions

* Lovis Corinth retrospective, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Nationalgalerie Berlin, Saint Louis Art Museum, Tate Gallery, London (1997) * School of London, from Francis Bacon to Tony Bevan, Musée Maillol, Paris, Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela and Kunsthaus, Vienna (1998) * La Vérité nue (Gerstl, Schiele, Kokoschka, Boeckl), Musée Maillol, Paris (2001) * Christian Schad and the Neue Sachlichkeit, Musée Maillol, Paris and Neue Galerie New York (2002) * Ernst Ludwig Kirchner in Dresden and Berlin, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC and Royal Academy of Art, London (2003) * German Expressionist Prints, from Kirchner to Beckmann, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (2004) * Miodrag Duric: ‘DADO, The Zorzi Elegies, Venice Biennale, 53rd International Exhibition, Palazzo Zorzi, Venice (2009) * Vienna 1900, Style and Identity, Neue Galerie New York (2011) * Ferdinand Hodler, View to Infinity, Neue Galerie New York and Fondation Beyeler, Riehen bei Basle (2012) * Vasily Kandinsky, From Blaue Reiter to the Bauhaus, 1910–25, Neue Galerie New York (2013) * Munch and Expressionism, Neue Galerie New York (2016) * Richard Gerstl, Neue Galerie New York (2017)

Publications

Books

* ''German Expressionism, Primitivism and Modernity'', Yale University Press, London and New Haven (Awarded the National Art Book Prize in 1992) (1991) * ''Per Kirkeby'', Tate Gallery, London (1998) * ''Max Beckmann'', L’exil d’Amsterdam 1937–1947, Edition L’Échoppe, Paris (2004) * ''Van Gogh and Expressionism'', edited by Jill Lloyd, Neue Galerie Publications, New York (2007) * ''Vincent Van Gogh and Expressionism'', Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern and Gallimard, Paris (2007) * ''The Undiscovered Expressionist: A Life of Marie-Louise von Motesiczky'', Yale University Press, London and New Haven (2007) * ''Max Beckmann: Self-Portrait with Horn'', Neue Galerie Publications, New York (2008) * ''Georg Baselitz, Collected Writings and Interviews'', edited by Detlev Gretenkort with Introduction by Jill Lloyd (2010) * ''Egon Schiele. Women''. Richard Nagy Ltd, London (2011) * ''Birth of the Modern: Style and Identity in Vienna 1900'', edited by Jill Lloyd and Christian Witt-Doerring (2011) * ''Ferdinand Hodler'', edited by Jill Lloyd and Ulf Kuester, Neue Galerie Publications (2012) * ''Vasily Kandinsky'', edited by Jill Lloyd, Neue Galerie Publications (2013) * ''Munch and Expressionism'', edited by Jill Lloyd and Reinhold Heller, Neue Galerie Publications (2016) * ''Bill Jacklin: Graphics'', edited by Jill Lloyd and Nancy Campbell, Royal Academy of Arts (2016) * ''Richard Gerstl: Retrospektive'', edited by Jill Lloyd, Ingrid Pfeiffer and Raymond Coffer, Neue Galerie Publications (2017)

Exhibition catalogues and essays

* ‘Primitivism and Modernity – An Expressionist Dilemma,’ German Art in the 20th Century, Royal Academy of Art, London (1985) * ‘Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Character Heads/Arnulf Rainer, Overdrawings,’ ICA, London (1987) * ‘Alfred Flechtheim: ein Sammler außereuropäischer Kunst,’ Alfred Flechtheim, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf (1987) * ‘Gerhard Richter, The London Paintings,’ Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London (1988) * ‘Emil Nolde’s Ethnographic Still Lifes: Primitivism Tradition and Modernity’ in The Myth of Primitivism, edited by Susan Hiller, Methuen Press (1989) * ‘The Painted City as Nature and Artifice (Ernst Ludwig Kirchner)’ in The Divided Heritage, Cambridge University Press (1989) * ‘Das Verlorene Paradies,’ Emil Nolde, Museo d’Arte Moderna, Lugano (1994) * ‘Lovis Corinth: Intimations of Mortality,’ Lovis Corinth, Tate Gallery and Saint Louis Art Museum. (1996) * ‘Tradition et transformation dans la peinture britannique contemporaine,’ L’École de Londres, Musée Maillol, Paris (1998) * Catalogue Entries on Erich Heckel and Max Pechstein for New Worlds: German and Austrian Art, 1890–1940, Neue Galerie New York (2001) * ‘Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Spiegel und Spiegelbilder’, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Neuerwerbungen seit 1998, Brücke -Museum, Berlin (2001) * ‘Ernst Ludwig Kirchner,’ Deutsche Expressionismus, Art Focus Galerie Zürich (2001) * ‘Austrian Expressionism,’ La Vérité nue, Musée Maillol, Paris (2001) * ‘Nolde als Kritiker des deutschen Imperialismus’ and ‘Zur Rezeption außereuropäischer Kunst vor 1914,’ Emil Nolde in der Südsee, Brücke Museum, Berlin, Brücke-Archiv 20/2002 (2002) * ‘Kirchner’s Metaphysical Studio Paintings,’ National Gallery Washington and Royal Academy of Art, London (2003) * ‘Christian Schad: Reality and Illusion,’ Christian Schad and the Neue Sachlichkeit, Neue Galeie New York (2003) * ‘Marie-Louise von Motesiczky – Eine Malerien der Erinnerung,’ Die Lieben, 150 Jahre Geschichte einer Wiener Familie, Jewish Museum Vienna (2005) * ‘Beckmann: Exile in Amsterdam 1937-47,’ Tate Modern, London (2005) * ‘Die Brücke – Streben nach Internationalität,’ Brücke-Museum Berlin, Malerei und Plastik, Kommentiertes Verzeichnis der Bestände (2006) * ‘Heribert Ottersbach, Portraits and Exteriors,’ Ben Brown Gallery, London (2007) * ‘The Vienna Years: Family Background and First Paintings,’ Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, Tate Liverpool, Museum Giersch, Frankfurt am Main, Wien Museum Vienna, Southampton Art Gallery (2007) * ‘International Trends in Austrian Art,’ Herbert Boeckl Retrospective, Belvedere Gallery, Vienna (2009) * ‘Brücke; National Identity and International Style,’ Brücke, The Birth of Expressionism in Dresden and Berlin, 1905–13, Neue Galerie New York (2009) * ‘German Expressionism: apocalypse, war and revolution,’ The Mad Square, Modernity in German Art 1910–1937, Art Gallery New South Wales (2011) * ‘Marc und Macke – Erste Blicke nach Frankreich,’ Im Farbenrausch, Munch, Matisee und die Expressionisten, Museum Folkwang (2013) * ‘Gerhard Richter: Photo-Realist and Abstract Painting‘, Polke/Richter Richter/Polke, Christie's International, London (2014) * ‘Jawlensky’s Late Work: Painting in Series,’ Alexei Jawlensky, Neue Galerie Publications (2017) * ‘Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s Skizzenalbum,’ Bonhams London (2017)

References

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