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Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (/ ˈ b ɪər d z l i / BEERDZ-lee; 21 August 1872 – 16 March 1898) was an English illustrator and author. His black ink drawings were influenced by Japanese woodcuts , and depicted the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic.
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (21 August 1872 – 16 March 1898) was an English illustrator and author. His drawings in black ink, influenced by the style of Japanese woodcuts, emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic.
- British
- August 21, 1872
- Brighton, United Kingdom
- March 16, 1898
Aubrey Beardsley (born August 21, 1872, Brighton, Sussex, England—died March 16, 1898, Menton, France) was the leading English illustrator of the 1890s and, after Oscar Wilde, the outstanding figure in the Aestheticism movement.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley was an artistic and musical prodigy from an early age. Born to a father who preferred to squander his inheritance rather than adopt a trade, Beardsley's creative prowess helped stave off complete destitution.
- British
- August 21, 1872
- Brighton, Sussex, England
- March 16, 1898
Jul 16, 2021 · As one of the most significant figures of British Aestheticism and Art Nouveau, Aubrey Beardsley lived a short life filled with challenges and controversies that marked his path in art. He died at the age of twenty-five, yet he left behind a legacy characterized by his unique style.
- Ana-Teodora Kurkina
Aubrey Beardsley (1872 – 98) was an artist whose illustrative work burned brightly, but briefly, until his death aged just 25. To many, he and his art personify the fin de siècle 1890s, 'the Beardsley age' of decadence, of the rejection of moral and aesthetic convention in favour of perversity and scepticism, and of delight in the exotic ...
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (BEERDZ-lee; 21 August 1872 – 16 March 1898) was an English illustrator and author. His black ink drawings were influenced by Japanese woodcuts, and depicted the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic.
