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Aubrey Beardsley
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British illustrator and author (1872–1898)
OverviewAI-generated
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley was a British writer, painter, poet, and illustrator associated with the Aestheticism and Symbolism movements. Born in Brighton in 1872, he worked in the English language and was a member of the Catholic Church. His artistic output includes works such as *Salome* and *Der Amethyst*. Beardsley’s pieces are held in collections at the Tate, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. His archives are maintained at the Harry Ransom Center.
Beardsley died in Menton on 16 March 1898. His cause of death was tuberculosis, resulting from natural causes. He is described in sources including the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition and *The Catholic Encyclopedia*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 21 August, 1872
- Died
- 16 March, 1898.
- Works
- 125
Top works
- The birth, life, and acts of King Arthur, of his noble knights of the Round Table, their marvellous enquests and adventures , the achieving of the San Greal, and in the end, Le morte Darthur with the dolorous death and departing out of this world of them all
- Der Amethyst
- Last letters of Aubrey Beardsley
- ビアズレイと日本の装幀画家たち
- Franz Bleis angebliche Begegnung mit Aubrey Beardsley 1897 in Paris
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1872
- Active to
- 1898
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7
- Total plays
- 15
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Aubrey+Beardsley">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
· 2017 · cited 6,176x
- Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
· 2016 · cited 5,082x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
· 2015 · cited 4,999x
- The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
· 2011 · cited 4,278x
- Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger<sup>*</sup>
· 2017 · cited 3,669x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “All humanity inspires me. Every passer-by is my unconscious sitter; and as strange as it may seem, I really draw folk as I see them. Surely it is not my fault that they fall into certain lines and angles.”
- “I see everything in a grotesque way. When I go to the theatre, for example, things shape themselves before my eyes just as a I draw them — the people on the stage, the footlights, the queer faces and garb of the audience in the boxes and stalls. They all seem weird and strange to me. Things have always impressed me in this way.”
- “It takes only one man to make an artist, but forty to make an Academician.”
- “I’m so affected, that even my lungs are affected.”
- “There was a young man with a salary, Who had to do drawings for Malory; When they asked him for more, He replied, 'Why? Sure You've enough as it is for a gallery.'”
- “I shall not live much longer than did Keats.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Aubrey Vincent Beardsley , ( 1872-08-21 ) 21 August 1872, Brighton , Sussex , England
- Died
- 16 March 1898 (1898-03-16) (aged 25), Menton , France
- Resting place
- Cimetière du Vieux-Château, Menton , France
- Education
- Westminster School of Art
- Known for
- Illustration , graphics / graphic arts
- Notable work
- The Climax
- Movement
- Art Nouveau , aestheticism
via Wikipedia infobox
Works in European collections
3 objects attributed to Aubrey Beardsley, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (/ˈbɪərdzli/ BEERDZ-lee; 21 August 1872 – 16 March 1898) 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 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. He is one of the important Modern Style figures.
Early life, education, and early career
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