Aubrey Beardsley - La Beale Isould at Joyous Gard
Summary
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley: La belle Isould at joyous gard.
Two drawings within one mount. Pen and black ink. 26cm x 19cm.
Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898), he leading English illustrator of the 1890s and, after Oscar Wilde, the outstanding figure in the Aestheticism movement. Drawing was a strong interest from early childhood, and Beardsley practiced it while earning his living as a clerk. Beardsley’s meeting with the English artist Sir Edward Burne-Jones in 1891 prompted him to attend evening classes at the Westminster School of Art for a few months, his only professional instruction.
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Date
1892
Source
Thomas Malory: Le Morte d'Arthur
Copyright info
Public Domain