Book (Practical) Painting Prodigal genius Beardsley / Sekiichiro Kawamura / Victoria and Albert Museum

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Paintings
[Introduction to Contents]
From the success of Ukiyoe, to the early fall, to the evolution of his later years,
Beardsley was made in the definitive edition of the history of his art and life
and remade the era.
Elegant magician of "Agreement of Opposition".
Every page, it is a book that has eyes that match with the extreme of bad taste and aesthetic refinement in an ironical way.
Keiichiro Hirano
Aubrey Beardsley, an English illustrator who passed away at the age of only 25.
This book contains more than 200 important works focusing on the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (V & A).
He passed away at the age of only 25. He sent out rare works of detailed line drawing and bold black and white color.
In addition to illustrations such as King Arthur 『's Death 』, his representative work 『 Salome I 』, and the masterpiece in his later years 『 Mopan Lady 』 『 Hairless 』, he introduces sketches, woodblock prints, and colored posters.
Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898)
He was active as a painter and illustrator in the end of the 19th century in the United Kingdom.
He was spotlighted with an illustration by Oscar Wilde in 『 Salome I 』, but fell after Wild was imprisoned for homosexuals in 1985.
Later he opened a new stage in his style of painting with illustrations by the magazine 『 Savoy 』 and 『 Mopan Lady 』, but he died at the age of only 25 due to chronic tuberculosis.
Besides being influenced by Ukiyoe, he is also known as one of the central figures of Aestheticism and Art Nouveau.