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.
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BirthplaceBrighton, Sussex, England 1 Connections
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Defining British Art Nouveau illustrator.
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1. Aubrey Beardsley - Wikipedia
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was an English illustrator and author.
Early life section
Beardsley was born in Brighton, Sussex, England, on 21 August 1872
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He died of tuberculosis on 16 March 1898 at the Cosmopolitan Hotel (now the Résidence Mont Fleuri private apartments) in Menton
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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
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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.
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