Artist: Aubrey Beardsley (1872 - 1898)
Nationality:English
Movement: Post-Impressionism
Media: Illustration, Pen & Ink
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Biography:
Abrey Beardsley was born in Brighton, and endured tuberculosis as a child in 1879. At 16, he moved to London to study art. His first commission came from J.M. Dent in 1893, who asked him to illustrate Malory’s Morte d’Arthur. This project resulted in more commissions, the most famous of these being his pen and ink illustrations of Oscar Wilde’s Salome. In 1895, Beardsley’s tuberculosis resurfaced and ultimately caused his death in 1898.