{"product_id":"9781914979149","title":"Kokoschka : The Untimely Modernist by Rudiger Goerner","description":"Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980) was an artist of his time, but he also stood out among his peers - not just because of his toweringphysical height but for his artistic range: he wrote plays and stories as well as essays on art and politics. Using both brush and pen towork against the tide, he played a major role in shaping European art in the twentieth century. A rebel of the art world, he was usedto controversy, and Ru diger Goerner's accomplished biography weaves the dark, unsettling aspects of Kokoschka's life amonghis more celebrated achievements: from the eerie doll he had made in the image of a former lover to the unconventional artschool he founded in the aftermath of war. Taking us from his birthplace of Poechlarn across Europe and to the United Kingdom,where he became a naturalised British citizen in 1947, this first English-language biography does more than show Kokoschkaas a maverick artist; it is the definitive interpretation of an extraordinary life.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56309377106293,"sku":"9781914979149","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781914979149.jpg?v=1762811561","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781914979149","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}