Aubrey Beardsley at the Musée d’Orsay

Portrait photograph of Aubrey Beardsley

Event Details

Start: 13th Oct 2020
End: 10th Jan 2021
Venue
Musee d’Orsay1

Event Description

The English illustrator and engraver Aubrey Beardsley died aged twenty five. Yet his career was no less prolific.

He received his first major commission at he age of twenty: the illustration of the Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory. His work quickly became known through publications. His creations for Oscar Wilde’s Salomé are among his most famous.

The first monograph dedicated to Beardsley in France, the exhibition will reveal some one hundred drawings that clearly distinguish his influences, from Pre-Raphaelite painters to Japanism, and his stylistic evolutions.

Photo: Frederick Hollyer, Wikipedia (public domain)

Event Categories: Art, Exhibitions