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Aubrey Beardsley - English, 1872
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Aubrey
Beardsley was a talented illustrator whose elegantly "decadent" black and
white illustrations proved to be very popular during his brief lifespan.
The illustrations for "The Studio" and "The Yellow Book" were wonderful
creations of line and black dots, masterpieces in a graphic technique that
was genuinely original and that had a profound influence on the decorative
arts for generations to follow. Beardsley's sources of his style are English,
the graphic art of the Pre-Raphaelites and the curvilinear ornamentation
of William Morris with a strong influence of Japanese decoration. |
