Aubrey Beardsley

A Biography

Matthew Sturgis

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Pallas Athene Arts
01 July 2023

History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Individual artists, art monographs; Illustration; Biography; Biography: arts & entertainment

When Aubrey Beardsley died in 1898, he was aged only 25. In his short but crowded career he had become one of the defining figures of the fin-de-siècle, a precocious draughtsman who redefined the limits of black-and-white art. His erotic, decadent illustrations for Oscar Wilde's Salome set the tone for his style: by turns shocking, facetious and cruel. Beloved by Burne-Jones, cursed by William Morris, he was the intimate of Wilde, the rival of Whistler, the friend of Beerbohm, Sickert, Ada Leverson and William Rothenstein. His deliberate manipulation of press and public, his awareness of both art and the market-place, made him one of the first truly modern artists.

AUTHOR: Matthew Sturgis is the author of a highly acclaimed account of English decadence, Passionate Attitudes (Macmillan, 1995, and Pallas Athene, 2011) and the definitive biography of Walter Sickert (Harper Collins, 2005).

By: Matthew Sturgis
Imprint: Pallas Athene Arts
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 550g
ISBN: 9781843680741
ISBN 10: 1843680742
Pages: 404
Publication Date: 01 July 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Matthew Sturgis is the author of Paperwork: Peter Clark and Walter Sickert: A Life. He writes for Independent on Sunday, Harpers & Queen, Sunday Telegraph, and Times Literary Supplement.

Reviews for Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography

'Thoroughly researched, balanced ... evenly paced ... Sturgis writes with a poise and knowledge of the 1890s that inspire the reader with confidence.' Richard Dorment, Times Literary Supplement 'It is Sturgis's accomplishment to have created a fascinating narrative from a life which was short, feverish (in every sense) and packed with artistic achievement.' Michael Arditti, Daily Mail 'Immensely well-researched and sensitively written ... His is now the full biography of Beardsley that the general reader needs and will most enjoy.' Tom Rosenthal, Times Higher Educational Supplement