Beardsley: A Biography
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some chipping along the edges and spine. No tears visible. Page Condition: Yellowed with age. Markings: previous owner. Binding: Intact hardcover binding. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A compelling biography, Beardsley chronicles the short but electrifying life of Aubrey Beardsley, the scandalous Victorian illustrator whose darkly ornate black-and-white drawings made him one of the most controversial artists of the late nineteenth century. Stanley Weintraub presents a richly detailed portrait of a visionary who rose to notoriety as the art editor of The Yellow Book and principal illustrator of Oscar Wilde's Salome, only to be swept up in the moral panic surrounding Wilde's trial. With scholarly authority and narrative flair, Weintraub uncovers the man behind the myth — a consumptive genius who produced an astonishing body of work before his death at just twenty-five. The biography situates Beardsley firmly within the Aesthetic Movement and the fin-de-siècle cultural moment, illustrating why his influence on graphic art, Art Nouveau, and modern illustration endures to this day.
Author: Stanley Weintraub
Format: Hardback
Published: 1967, W. H. Allen
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some chipping along the edges and spine. No tears visible. Page Condition: Yellowed with age. Markings: previous owner. Binding: Intact hardcover binding. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A compelling biography, Beardsley chronicles the short but electrifying life of Aubrey Beardsley, the scandalous Victorian illustrator whose darkly ornate black-and-white drawings made him one of the most controversial artists of the late nineteenth century. Stanley Weintraub presents a richly detailed portrait of a visionary who rose to notoriety as the art editor of The Yellow Book and principal illustrator of Oscar Wilde's Salome, only to be swept up in the moral panic surrounding Wilde's trial. With scholarly authority and narrative flair, Weintraub uncovers the man behind the myth — a consumptive genius who produced an astonishing body of work before his death at just twenty-five. The biography situates Beardsley firmly within the Aesthetic Movement and the fin-de-siècle cultural moment, illustrating why his influence on graphic art, Art Nouveau, and modern illustration endures to this day.