12 Facts About Peter Schjeldahl

Peter Charles Schjeldahl was an American art critic, poet, and educator.

Peter Schjeldahl was noted for being the head art critic at The New Yorker, having earlier written for The Village Voice, ARTnews, and The New York Times.

Peter Schjeldahl was raised in small towns throughout his home state and Minnesota.

Peter Schjeldahl studied at Carleton College from 1962 to 1964, and at The New School.

Peter Schjeldahl began his professional writing career as a reporter in 1962 at The Jersey Journal, in Jersey City, and in Minnesota and Iowa.

Peter Schjeldahl traveled to Paris in 1964 and remained there for a year before settling in New York City in 1965.

Peter Schjeldahl's writings appeared in Artforum, Art in America, The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, and Vanity Fair.

Peter Schjeldahl taught at Harvard University in the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies for four years during the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Peter Schjeldahl's poetry falls in line with many of the characteristic themes and styles of the New York School.

Peter Schjeldahl was married to Donnie Brooke Alderson, a former actress, until his death.

Together, they had one child, Ada Calhoun Peter Schjeldahl, who writes under the name Ada Calhoun.

Peter Schjeldahl died on October 21,2022, at his home in Bovina, New York.