AUBREY BEARDSLEY

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MORTE D'ARTHUR
MORTE D'ARTHUR INITIALS
VENUS AND TANNHAUSER
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THE YELLOW BOOK
THE SAVOY
THE RAPE OF THE LOCK
SALOME
MISCELLANEOUS
PENNELL ON BEARDSLEY
BOOK COVER FOR W.B.YEATS The Land of Heart's Desire 1894
BIOGRAPHY, Stephen Calloway, bibliog.
LEONARD SMITHERS AND THE 1890'S, Booth Collection sale

 

 

ANTI-BEARDSLEY

 

Over the years I have several suggestions and one complaint that my coverage of Beardsley's work was minimal. I always replied that many other websites afforded excellent even comporehensive coverage.

But I did notice that few other representations of his work on the Web allowed me to study in detail his compositional powers, and his ability to fill surfaces with decorative pattern and line.

His graphic powers were restricted but highly commercial, and fused with a sense of his naughtiness, but he did run out of steam. I add the Pennell account because it was a sensible contemporary view.