Austin Osman Spare, Revised Edition: The Life and Legend of London's Lost Artist

by Phil Baker

Book Overview

A revised edition of Phil Baker's critically lauded biography of artist and occultist, Austin Osman Spare.

London has harbored many curious characters, but few more curious than the artist and visionary Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956).

A controversial enfant terrible of the Edwardian art world, the young Spare was hailed as a genius and a new Aubrey Beardsley, while George Bernard Shaw reportedly said "Spare's medicine is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913689654
• ISBN13: 9781913689650
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Strange Attractor Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.2"