
Aubrey Beardsley

A Slave to Beauty
ISBN 9781566490139 (paperback)
Published in September 1998
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley was the most notorious and outstanding artist of the fin de siecle. His disturbing erotic drawings shocked the sensibilities of the Victorians. Jacques-Emile Blanche's portrait of Beardsley, his face “like a silver hatchet,” is the enduring image of this man, friend and collaborator of Oscar Wilde, who died at age 25. Beardsley's most important illustrations were for Wilde's Salome: Pope's Rape of the Lock, The Lysistrata of Aristophanes and Jonson's Valpone.
David Colvin has at various times worked as an actor, tailor and an art historian; all roles conducive to the expression of his particular sense of style. He is the author of several books, including Oscar Wilde: An Exquisite Life, also published by Welcome Rain.
David Colvin has at various times worked as an actor, tailor and an art historian; all roles conducive to the expression of his particular sense of style. He is the author of several books, including Oscar Wilde: An Exquisite Life, also published by Welcome Rain.