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A compact biography traces the subject's family background and childhood, outlines early employment and artistic development, and charts successive stylistic phases from medieval revivalism through Japonisme and classical vase motifs to later aquatint and wash experiments. It examines major illustrations and periodical collaborations, the mingling of grotesque wit and elegant line in the imagery, and the controversies that shaped public reception. Richly illustrated plates and a chronological catalogue support critical commentary, and the narrative concludes with the artist's failing health and premature death while reflecting on the body of work through descriptive analysis of representative pieces.

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Title: Aubrey Beardsley

the clown, the harlequin, the pierrot of his age

Author: Haldane Macfall

Artist: Aubrey Beardsley

Release date: January 29, 2025 [eBook #75239]

Language: English

Original publication: New York: Simon and Schuster, 1927

Credits: Alan, deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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AUBREY BEARDSLEY

THE CLOWN, THE HARLEQUIN,

THE PIERROT OF HIS AGE

PORTRAIT OF AUBREY BEARDSLEY

by F. H. Evans