Aubrey Beardsley

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English artist author illustrator person

Aubrey Beardsley was a late 19th-century English illustrator and author renowned for his highly stylized, erotic black-and-white drawings that became iconic of the Art Nouveau and Decadent movements.

Aliases (2)

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley ×1
Beardsley ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English artist → author → illustrator → person →
artStyle	black-and-white illustration → erotic art →
burialPlace	Menton Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	tuberculosis →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1872-08-21 →
dateOfDeath	1898-03-16 →
employer	The Yellow Book →
familyName	Beardsley →
father	Vincent Paul Beardsley →
fullName	Aubrey Vincent Beardsley →
genre	decadent literature → erotic literature →
givenName	Aubrey →
influenced	20th-century graphic design → Art Nouveau illustration →
influencedBy	Japanese woodblock prints → Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood →
knownFor	book illustration → erotic illustrations → highly stylized black-and-white drawings →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
mother	Ellen Agnus Pitt NERFINISHED →
movement	Art Nouveau → Decadent movement →
nationality	English →
notableWork	Illustrations for "Le Morte d'Arthur" → Illustrations for Oscar Wilde's "Salome" → The Savoy (illustrations) → The Yellow Book (illustrations) → Under the Hill →
occupation	author → editor → illustrator →
periodActive	1890s →
placeOfBirth	Brighton → England → Sussex →
placeOfDeath	France → Menton →
positionHeld	art editor of The Yellow Book →
residence	London →
sexualOrientation	homosexual →
sibling	Mabel Beardsley →
signatureWork	"The Peacock Skirt" illustration for "Salome" →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Edward Burne-Jones → James McNeill Whistler →	influenced
Aubrey Beardsley ("Beardsley") →	familyName
Aubrey Beardsley ("Aubrey Vincent Beardsley") →	fullName
Symbolism →	hasKeyFigure
Aestheticism →	notableProponent