Kokoschka: The Untimely Modernist - Couverture souple

Görner, Rüdiger

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1914979141 ISBN 13 : 9781914979149

Editeur : Haus Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980) was an artist of his time, but he also stood out among his peers – not just because of his towering<br />physical height but for his artistic range: he wrote plays and stories as well as essays on art and politics. Using both brush and pen to<br />work against the tide, he played a major role in shaping European art in the twentieth century. A rebel of the art world, he was used<br />to controversy, and Rüdiger Görner’s accomplished biography weaves the dark, unsettling aspects of Kokoschka’s life among<br />his more celebrated achievements: from the eerie doll he had made in the image of a former lover to the unconventional art<br />school he founded in the aftermath of war. Taking us from his birthplace of Pöchlarn across Europe and to the United Kingdom,<br />where he became a naturalised British citizen in 1947, this first English-language biography does more than show Kokoschka<br />as a maverick artist; it is the definitive interpretation of an extraordinary life.

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À propos de l'auteur

Rüdiger Görner was Professor of German with Comparative Literature at Queen Mary, University of London. The Founding Director of the Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations, his books include biographies of Rainer Maria Rilke, Georg Trakl and Stefan Zweig. He has been the recipient the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Haus Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1914979141
• ISBN 13: 9781914979149
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible