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Austin Osman Spare (30 December 1886 – 15 May 1956) was an English artist and occultist [1] who worked as both a draughtsman and a painter. Influenced by symbolism and Art Nouveau, his art was known for its clear use of line, [2] and its depiction of monstrous and sexual imagery. [3]
Austin Osman Spare was a British artist whose technically proficient depictions of occult imagery were based in the aesthetics of Art Nouveau and the Symbolist movement. Spare’s work was intertwined with his belief in the Occult religion of Thelema, started by Aleister Crowley in the early 1900s.
Mar 12, 2021 · Austin Osman Spare may be “one of the most overlooked figures in British art history,” says legendary graphic novelist Alan Moore. But he often chose a path of near-obscurity since the creative vision that inspired his art also made him “possibly the greatest English magician of the twentieth century.”
Austin Osman Spare (30 December 1886 – 15 May 1956) was an English artist and occultist who worked as both a draughtsman and a painter. Influenced by symbolism and art nouveau his art was known for its clear use of line, and its depiction of monstrous and sexual imagery.
Sep 28, 2023 · Collectors of the work of early 20th-century English artist and occultist Austin Osman Spare have, up until now, been of a type.
One of the stranger and more hyped stories about Spare’s career involves a request from Hitler for a portrait, possibly through a member of the German embassy staff; Spare seems to have refused on principle, and briefly became a hero in the local papers.
The New Eden 1922. Austin Osman Spare (1886–1956) Royal Holloway, University of London. Draughtsman, painter, designer and printmaker specialising in bizarre subjects, which stemmed from his interest in mysticism and the occult.
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