AUBREY BEARDSLEY Art Book contains 50+ Reproductions of books, portraits, religious and genre scenes with title,date and interesting facts page below. Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing).
(ART BOOK "DOES NOT" CONTAIN ANY OF BEARDSLEY'S EROTICA)
BORN: August 21, 1872 in Brighton, England.
DIED: March 16, 1898 in Menton, France.
MOVEMENT: Art Nouveau/Golden Age Illustration
INTERESTING FACTS:
§ In addition to illustrating, Beardsley was also a gifted musician who performed in several concerts at the age of eleven.
§ At age 13, he published his first drawings in the Bristol Grammar School newspaper.
§ In 1891, he was advised by Sir Edward Burne-Jones and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes to take up art as a profession.
§ Beardsley converted to Catholicism in 1897, and begged his publisher to destroy all his erotica and bad drawings, his publisher refused his wishes.
§ Beardsley only had six years as a professional artist before he died of tuberculosis at the age of 25.
NOTABLE WORKS:
Isolde, Merlin, Salome, The Peacock Skirt.
(ART BOOK "DOES NOT" CONTAIN ANY OF BEARDSLEY'S EROTICA)
BORN: August 21, 1872 in Brighton, England.
DIED: March 16, 1898 in Menton, France.
MOVEMENT: Art Nouveau/Golden Age Illustration
INTERESTING FACTS:
§ In addition to illustrating, Beardsley was also a gifted musician who performed in several concerts at the age of eleven.
§ At age 13, he published his first drawings in the Bristol Grammar School newspaper.
§ In 1891, he was advised by Sir Edward Burne-Jones and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes to take up art as a profession.
§ Beardsley converted to Catholicism in 1897, and begged his publisher to destroy all his erotica and bad drawings, his publisher refused his wishes.
§ Beardsley only had six years as a professional artist before he died of tuberculosis at the age of 25.
NOTABLE WORKS:
Isolde, Merlin, Salome, The Peacock Skirt.
