AUBREY BEARDSLEY

Aubrey Beardsley is best remembered for his powerful illustrations for Salome by O. Wilde. Spanning just seven years, his prolific c areer as a draftsman and illustrator was cut short when he died at the age of 25. His subversive black-and-white drawings and his co mplex persona became synonymous with decadence: He alighted on the perverse and erotic aspects of life and legend, shocking audience s with his bizarre sense of humor and fascination with the grotesque.