Aubrey Beardsley

Visual Artist

1872 – 1898

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Who was Aubrey Beardsley?

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley 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. He was a leading figure in the Aesthetic movement which also included Oscar Wilde and James A. McNeill Whistler. Beardsley's contribution to the development of the Art Nouveau and poster styles was significant, despite the brevity of his career before his early death from tuberculosis.

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Born
Aug 21, 1872
Brighton
Also known as
  • Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
Parents
Siblings
Religion
  • Catholicism
Education
  • Bristol Grammar School
  • Westminster School of Art
  • Brighton Hove & Sussex Sixth Form College
Lived in
  • Brighton
Died
Mar 16, 1898
Menton

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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