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JOHN AUSTEN (1886-1948)
BORN IN KENT, AUSTEN TRAINED FIRST AS A CARPENTER BEFORE MOVING TO LONDON IN 1906 WHERE HE STUDIED ART. A DISCIPLE OF BEARDSLEY, HE ADOPTED AN IMMACULATE OPEN STYLE WITH FINE LINE AND INVENTIVE DESIGN. EVENTUALLY HE DEVELOPED AS A BOOK DECORATOR. LITERARY SUBJECTS PROVIDED MATERIAL FOR HIS BEST WORK - SHAKESPEARE, BYRON, STERNE, FLAUBERT - MANY ISSUED IN ELABORATE LIMITED EDITIONS, BOXED SETS AND FINE BINDINGS BY THE BODLEY HEAD. SOME OF THESE ARE INCLUDED IN THIS SALE, WHICH COME DIRECTLY THROUGH AN ASSOCIATE OF THE FAMILY.
AUSTEN EXHIBITED AT THE RATED ST. GEORGE'S GALLERY WITH HARRY CLARKE AND ALAN ODLE WHO BECAME PERSONAL FRIENDS. (ODLE RANKED AUSTEN WITH SUCH ARTISTS AS HOGARTH, KEENE, BLAKE AND BEARDSLEY). AUSTEN'S CLASSIC THE ABC OF PEN AND INK RENDERING (ORIGINALS ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THIS BOOK ARE INCLUDED IN THE SALE) WAS AN INFLUENTIAL WORK IN ITS DAY. HE WAS ALSO FRIENDS WITH AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE WHOSE WORK HE MUCH ADMIRED.
LITERATURE: DOROTHY RICHARDSON JOHN AUSTEN AND THE INSEPERABLES, 1930.
JOHN AUSTEN (1886-1946)
细节
JOHN AUSTEN (1886-1946)
ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE ABC OF PEN AND INK RENDERING
SOME SIGNED 'JOHN AUSTEN' AND TWO INSCRIBED; PEN AND BLACK INK, UNFRAMED
8 X 10IN. AND SMALLER (3)
ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE ABC OF PEN AND INK RENDERING
SOME SIGNED 'JOHN AUSTEN' AND TWO INSCRIBED; PEN AND BLACK INK, UNFRAMED
8 X 10IN. AND SMALLER (3)
出版
PUBLISHED BY PITMAN, 1937.
SOLD WITH A COPY OF THE BOOK
SOLD WITH A COPY OF THE BOOK