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Aubrey Beardsley is the most controversial and brilliant illustrator of the Art Nouveau era. | 
Aubrey Beardsley is the most controversial and brilliant illustrator of the Art Nouveau era. | Aubrey Beardsley is the most controversial and brilliant illustrator of the Art Nouveau era. | ||
Aubrey Beardsley did extensive wild and bizarre illustrations for books and magazines,
including William Morris' edition of Le Morte Arthur and magazines like The Savoy and The Studio. | ||||
Beardsley was a close friend of Oscar Wilde and did illustrations and stage
designs for Wilde's play Salome. Beardsley's most famous illustrations
were on themes of history and mythology, including his illustrations for
Lysistrata and Salome. | ||||
Beardsley was also a characiturist and even did some political cartoons,
mirroring Wilde's irreverant wit in art. | ||||
Beardsley's work reflected the decadence
of his era and his influence was enormous, clearly visible in the work of the
French Symbolists, the Poster Art Movement of the 1890s and the work of many
later-period Art Nouveau artists like Pape, Mucha and Clarke.
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