Product Description
At twenty the "Fra Angelico of Satanism", as Roger Fry was to call Aubrey Beardsley, was an obscure clerk in a London insurance firm. Three years later he was the most notorious and perhaps the most influential artist in England.Here, then, is the marvelous boyhe died at twenty-fiveas human being and as complex and tragic genius, in the rich context of 150 examples of his graphic art.The original version of Aubrey Beardsley was a National Book Award nominee.
About the Author
Stanley Weintraub is biographer of Whistler, Rosetti, Shaw, Victoria, Prince Albert, Disraeli, Edward VII and T.E. Lawrence. His biography of Aubrey Beardsley was a National Book Award nominee. Six of his books have been Book of the Month Club Selections.