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Aubrey Beardsley, 150 Years Young

A beautifully produced collection of works by Decadent artist and writer Aubrey Beardsley.

Aubrey Beardsley, 150 Years Young charts the meteoric rise of Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898), a monumental figure in book and magazine illustration, graphic arts and poster design, as well as the history of gender and sexuality. During Beardsley’s brief career, which was cut short by his death from tuberculosis, he was a brilliant innovator in the British art nouveau and decadent movements, creating daring black-and-white images for periodicals such as  The Yellow Book and The Savoy, and for books published by the Bodley Head and Leonard Smithers. He was equally famous as the consummate bad boy, using his images to satirize Victorian norms of conduct and to push gender and sexual boundaries. This book highlights the rebellious and insouciant quality of his art and writing, celebrating the eternally young Beardsley. Featuring letters and drawings, rarely seen posters, periodicals, books, photographs, and ephemera, Aubrey Beardsley, 150 Years Young includes original designs for The Yellow Book and The Savoy, illustrations for Oscar Wilde’s Salome, and a recently discovered Beardsley drawing of a key that would be featured on the back cover and spine of Keynotes, a notable 1893 volume of bold feminist stories by George Egerton. All the items are drawn from the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection, the University of Delaware Library, Museums, and Press.
 

88 pages | 40 color plates, 6 halftones | 6 x 9 | © 2022

Art: Art--Biography, British Art

Gender and Sexuality


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“[A] comprehensive and visually rich exhibition catalogue.”

New Yorker

"A slim volume that packs a big punch."

The Gay & Lesbian Review

Table of Contents

Introduction
Boy Wonder
Questing
Finding a Style
At the Bodley Head
Wilde Times
Notoriety
Art Editor of The Yellow Book
Decadent Designer
The Savoy and Smithers
Last Stand

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