Aubrey Beardsley was one of the leading illustrators of his time. His work is a high-spot of the Art Nouveau movement. He was the art editor for the first 4 editions of the Yellow Book and was a friend of Oscar Wilde’s. He illustrated the first English edition of Wilde’s play Salome.
He died at age 25.
The images below were included in the seminal 1966 exhibition of Beardsley’s work at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Frontispiece to The Wonderful History of Vergilius the Sorcerer, 1893
Debris d’un Poete
Bookplate designed for Herbert J. Pollitt. This image is currently featured on Book Patrol’s sidebar