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Aubrey Beardsley

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Aubrey Beardsley was an English artist and illustrator, recognized for his distinctive, stylized drawings and his role in the Aesthetic Movement. Born on August 21, 1872, and dying on March 16, 1898, Beardsley's work was marked by its elegance, intricate designs, and a sense of decadence that would later inspire Art Nouveau.

Under the Hill: And Other Essays in Pro...

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“People hate to see their vices depicted, but vice is terrible and it should be depicted.”

Art Honesty Criticism Vice

Author:Aubrey Beardsley

“It takes only one man to make an artist, but forty to make an Academician.”

Men Artist Forty One Man

Author:Aubrey Beardsley

“What is a portrait good for, unless it shows just how the subject was seen by the painter? In the old days before photography came in a sitter had a perfect right to say to the artist: "Paint me just as I am." Now if he wishes absolute fidelity he can go to the photographer and get it.”

Ifs Shows Artist Wish Perfect Subjects Photography Absolutes Paint Photographer Painter Portraits Fidelity Old Days

Author:Aubrey Beardsley

“When an Englishman has professed his belief in the supremacy of Shakespeare amongst all poets, he feels himself excused from the general study of literature. He also feels himself excused from the particular study of Shakespeare.”

Feels Literature Belief Study Particular Poet Englishmen Supremacy

Author:Aubrey Beardsley

“How few of our young English impressionists knew the difference between a palette and a picture! However, I believe that Walter Sickert did - sly dog!”

Believe Young I Believe Differences Dog Palette Sly Impressionists

Book:Under the Hill: And Other Essays in Prose and Verse

Source: Under the Hill: And Other Essays in Prose and Verse

“Advertisement is an absolute necessity of modern life, and if it can be made beautiful as well as obvious, so much the better for the makers of soap and the public who are likely to wash.”

Ifs Wells Made Beautiful Modern Absolutes Obvious Makers Soap Modern Life Advertisements

Book:Aubrey Beardsley: a slave to beauty

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“Things shape themselves before my eyes just as a I draw them.”

Eye Shapes Draws Drawing

Book:Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography

Source: Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography

“I have always done my sketches, as people would say, for the fun of it... I have worked to amuse myself, and if it has amused the public as well, so much the better for me.”

People Ifs Wells Done Fun Drawing Amused

Author:Aubrey Beardsley

“No language is rude that can boast polite writers.”

Language Communication Rude Polite Boast

Book:Under the Hill: And Other Essays in Prose and Verse

Source: Under the Hill: And Other Essays in Prose and Verse

“I have one aim, the grotesque. If I am not grotesque I am nothing.”

Ifs Aim Grotesque

Author:Aubrey Beardsley

“All humanity inspires me. Every passer-by is my unconscious sitter; and as strange as it may seem, I really draw folk as I see them. Surely it is not my fault that they fall into certain lines and angles.”

May Seems Certain Humanity Fall Lines Inspire Strange Draws Faults Folks Unconscious Angle

Author:Aubrey Beardsley

“In the present age, alas! our pens are ravished by unlettered authors and unmannered critics, that make a havoc rather than a building, a wilderness rather than a garden. But, a lack! what boots it to drop tears upon the preterit?”

Book Age Tears Building Garden Critics Wilderness Pens Boots Alas Havoc

Author:Aubrey Beardsley

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Born: August 21, 1872
Died: March 16, 1898
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