Aubrey Beardsley died in 1898 at the age of 25. In 1892 he had become one of the most admired, most imitated, and most notorious artists of his time, his brief, brilliant career - saw him celebrated, but also saw him disgraced.
Beardsley was the most controversial artist of the art nouveau era. He was renowned for his dark and perverse images and the grotesque erotica-which were the main themes of his later work. Some of his drawings, inspired by Japanese shunga, featured enormous genitalia. His most famous erotic illustrations were on themes of history and mythology.
Most of his images are done in ink, and feature large dark areas contrasted with large blank ones, and areas of fine detail contrasted with areas with none at all.
He produced extensive illustrations for books and magazines like The Studio. Beardsley also wrote Under the Hill, an unfinished erotic tale based loosely on the legend of Tanhauser.
Aubrey Beardsley was not at home in the Victorian society in which he lived. His images poke fun at that society and its values- he made people think and question. Aubrey Beardsley was unknown in 1892, but by the time of his death in 1898, he had broken through the Victorian unconscious and hurled England into the 20th century with his use of imagery, symbolism and graphic style.
Through his entire career, Beardsley suffered frequent lung hemorrhages and was often unable to work or leave his home. These recurrent attacks of the disease that would eventually take his life. Beardsley was active till his death. Despite his illnesses, Beardsley created prolific amounts of work. He is well known for his POSTERS, which are still reproduced and popular today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_Beardsley
www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/beardsley_aubrey.html
www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/beardsley/bio1.html
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mirra please list your links you used for reference
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