Aubrey Beardsley
Illustrator and author
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley was an English illustrator and author. His black ink drawings were influenced by Japanese woodcuts, and depicted the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. He was a leading figure in the aesthetic movement which also... Wikipedia
Born: August 21, 1872, Brighton, Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom
Died: March 16, 1898 (age 25 years), Menton, France
Periods: Art Nouveau and Aestheticism
Known for: Illustration, graphics/graphic arts
Parents: Vincent Paul Beardsley and Ellen Agnus Pitt
Siblings: Mabel Beardsley
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