Tag: Aubrey Beardsley

  • Something Else Entirely: The Illustration Art of Edward Gorey

    As the Society of Illustrators celebrates the centenary of Gorey’s birth, we look back at the life and works of the writer and artist known for his detailed pen-and-ink drawings

  • Ayashii: Decadent and Grotesque Images of Beauty in Modern Japanese Art

    This exhibition explores Japanese artists’ notion of beauty in the late-18th to the early 20th century, and how it came to be profoundly influenced by western views

  • The Studio, Vol 1, No 1, April 1893

    The Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art was first published in April 1893. It introduced the young illustrator Aubrey Beardsley to the world and quickly became the world’s most successful art magazine

  • Aubrey Beardsley

    In the largest exhibition of Beardsley’s drawings for 50 years, we see evidence of his exquisite practice and a dedication to drawing in a painfully short life and career

  • From the archive: A New Illustrator – Aubrey Beardsley

    This article was first published in The Studio, Vol 1, No 1, April 1893, pages 14–19

  • From the archive: Aubrey Beardsley. In Memoriam.

    Death has given Aubrey Beardsley the immortality of youth; and in future histories of illustration, whether for blame or praise, men must needs add that it was a mere boy who did these things, and did them as no other…

  • Queer British Art 1861-1967

    To mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of sex between men, Tate Britain’s contribution to the plethora of queer exhibitions across the UK is a well-curated, well-balanced, aesthetically compelling tribute to sexualities and genders across the spectrum

  • William Heath Robinson’s Life of Line

    With a wit all of his own Heath Robinson captured everything from the sublime to the ridiculous, and in doing so became one of the most versatile illustrators of the 20th century