James Lord (author)

James Lord (November 27, 1922 – August 23, 2009) was an American writer. He was the author of several books, including critically acclaimed biographies of Alberto Giacometti and Pablo Picasso. He appeared in the documentary films Balthus Through the Looking Glass (1996) and Picasso: Magic, Sex, Death (2001).

Lord was born in Englewood, New Jersey, and grew up there, the son of Louise and Albert Lord. His father was a stockbroker, and until the Wall Street crash the family lived, as Lord put it, in "the lower echelons of the upper classes".

He served in the United States Army during World War II, keeping his homosexuality carefully hidden.

Lord attended Wesleyan University, though he never earned a degree.

He died in Paris in 2009, aged 86.

He was the author of the following works, among others:

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