Austin Osman Spare: the life & legend of London's lost artist

Austin Spare was described as the greatest draughtsman in England and was the enfant terrible of the Edwardian art scene but by the time of his death he was living in squalor and all but forgotten. This engaging biography charts the rise and fall of British art's darkest star, who was facinated...

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1. Verfasser: Baker, Phil (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Strange Attractor Press 2012
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Zusammenfassung:Austin Spare was described as the greatest draughtsman in England and was the enfant terrible of the Edwardian art scene but by the time of his death he was living in squalor and all but forgotten. This engaging biography charts the rise and fall of British art's darkest star, who was facinated by mysticism and spirtualism and practised automatic drawing before the Surrealists and developed a unique system of magic. By the 1930s Spare had retreated from fashionable society, living in poverty and obscurity but he never stopped working, only now is his work seen
Beschreibung:XI, 326 Seiten, [4] ungezählte Bildtafeln Illustrationen 21 cm
ISBN:9781907222115
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