Direct Verzonden The Art of Aubrey Beardsley – Catherine Slessor

“The mere glorification of a hideous and putrescent aspect of modern life”; the often hysterical contemporary view of Beardsley’s art is in itself a pointer to its power to evoke strong emotional responses, and it is a power which has not diminished over the 100 years. His was a singular life and a singular art. Dead at 25, Beardsley left a huge corpus of work which would have a greater influence worldwide than that of any English illustrator since Hogarth. The Art of Aubrey Beardsley is a celebration of ge…