Samples & Related Artists

Austin Osman Spare

Austin Osman Spare (1886 - 1956) was active/lived in England.  Austin Spare is known for Painting, drawing.

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 the artistic decadence of art nouveau, his art was known for its clear use of line, and its depiction of monstrous and sexual imagery.  In an occult capacity, he developed idiosyncratic magical techniques including automatic writing, automatic drawing and sigilization based on his theories of the relationship between the conscious and unconscious self.

Born into a working-class family in Snow Hill in London, Spare grew up in Smithfield and then Kennington, taking an early interest in art.  Gaining a scholarship to study at the Royal College of Art in South Kensington, he trained as a draughtsman, while also taking a personal interest in Theosophy and the wider Western Esoteric Tradition.  Developing his own personal occult philosophy, he authored a series of occult grimoires, namely Earth Infer   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3766 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 447 auction lots for Austin Osman Spare (of which 428 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 0 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 0 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Austin Osman Spare as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists Austin Osman Spare in 0 of its research Essays. Austin Osman Spare has 2 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Austin Osman Spare available:    Conroy Maddox,  Mervyn Laurence Peake,  Joan Gillchrest,  Sven Paul Berlin,  Graham Ovenden,  Duncan James Corrow Grant,  John (Francis John) Minton,  Frank Owen Dobson,  Joseph Edward Southall,  Mary Fedden,  Carel Victor Marlais Weight,  Keith Vaughan,  Alfred Aaron Wolmark,  Frederick Gore,  Lamorna Birch,  Glyn Warren Philpot,  Ithell Colquhoun,  Josef Herman,  Eileen Forrester Agar,  Ruskin Spear,  Elisabeth (Dame Elisabeth) Frink,  Christopher Nevinson,  Julian Trevelyan,  Alan Lowndes