From the mystery of his obscure family origins to the enigma surrounding his premature death, this book follows legendary arts figure Peter Watson through an odyssey of the middle 20th century and discovers a man tormented by depression and doubt, but who changed the course of art in the 20th century.
A biography of Peter Watson, the art collector and patron who helped the careers of Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Watson was also a doyen of the gay scene, and was murdered by a jealous boyfriend in 1956.
