{"product_id":"collected-poems-of-a-painter-george-claessen-9781739544904","title":"Collected Poems of a Painter","description":"In later life, while living in London, George Claessen returned to poetry, often interrogating the same metaphysical themes he explored in his abstracts. The fruits of these endeavours resulted in a number of volumes, including, \u003cem\u003ePoems of a Painter\u003c\/em\u003e published in 1967, \u003cem\u003ePoems about Nothing\u003c\/em\u003e (1981), \u003cem\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e, (1995) and subsequent inclusion in various poetry anthologies. \u003cbr\u003eDescribing his desire to use poetry as a creative alternative to his visual artistic work, he memorably said that it was, \u003cem\u003e'...the outcome of an urge for expression in another form - a phenomenon not uncommon in painters, just as the same would and does apply in reverse to essential poets'.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Claessen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1739544900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781739544904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Three Highgate Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.25d","brand":"George Claessen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44522310041855,"sku":"9781739544904","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e9bc81d0-375d-4187-9af1-460dc9cb94d7.jpg?v=1700156618","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/collected-poems-of-a-painter-george-claessen-9781739544904","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}