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Aubrey Beardsley

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Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (1872 to 1898) was an English illustrator and author whose black ink drawings, influenced by Japanese woodcuts, depicted the grotesque, the decadent and the erotic. He was a leading figure of the aesthetic movement alongside Oscar Wilde and James McNeill Whistler, and his contribution to the development of the Art Nouveau and poster styles was significant despite his early death from tuberculosis, making him one of the important Modern Style figures of his era.

Facts
Death Year
1898 1
Nationality
English 1
Death Date
1898-03-16 1
Birthplace
Brighton, Sussex, England 1
Death Place
Menton, France 1
Active From Year
1893 1
Classification
Gender
Male 1
Connections

In Movement

Art Nouveau, Movements

Defining British Art Nouveau illustrator.

Practices

Illustration, Art Forms
Source Aubrey Beardsley - Wikipedia
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Nationality

United Kingdom

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Aubrey Vincent Beardsley ( BEERDZ-lee; 21 August 1872 – 16 March 1898) was an English illustrator and author.

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Source Aubrey Beardsley - Wikipedia
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1. Aubrey Beardsley - Wikipedia
  • Lead section, sentence 1
    was an English illustrator and author.
  • Early life section
    Beardsley was born in Brighton, Sussex, England, on 21 August 1872
  • Death section, sentence 1 - year
    He died of tuberculosis on 16 March 1898 at the Cosmopolitan Hotel (now the Résidence Mont Fleuri private apartments) in Menton
  • Death section, sentence 1 - date
    He died of tuberculosis on 16 March 1898 at the Cosmopolitan Hotel (now the Résidence Mont Fleuri private apartments) in Menton
  • Death section, sentence 1 - place
    He died of tuberculosis on 16 March 1898 at the Cosmopolitan Hotel (now the Résidence Mont Fleuri private apartments) in Menton
  • Lead section
    He was a leading figure in the aesthetic movement, which also included Oscar Wilde and James McNeill Whistler. Beardsley's contribution to the development of the Art Nouveau and poster styles was significant despite his early death from tuberculosis.
  • Wikipedia sections
    His first commission was Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory (1893), illustrated for the publishing house J.M.
  • In Group: Art Nouveau, Realist and Symbolist Printmakers, Lead
    Beardsley's contribution to the development of the Art Nouveau and poster styles was significant despite his early death from tuberculosis.
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