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| Antique print - Exquisite Illustration - “Large Christmas Card” 1948 Aubrey Beardsley Exquisite image by Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (1872 – 1898) - an English illustrator and author. His drawings, executed in black ink and influenced by the style of Japanese woodcuts, emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. He was a leading figure in the Aesthetic movement which also included Oscar Wilde and James A. McNeill Whistler. Beardsley's contribution to the development of the Art Nouveau style and the poster movement was significant, despite the brevity of his career... Beardsley was the most controversial artist of the Art Nouveau era, renowned for his dark and grotesque images: "I have one aim—the grotesque. If I am not grotesque I am nothing." Wilde said he had "a face like a silver hatchet, and grass green hair." (Wikipedia)Beautiful illustration the “Large Christmas Card” was a loose insertion into the first issue of the Savoy (1895). Again, featuring exquisite detail to the Virgin Mary's robes, and beautiful floral motifs that came to signify the Art Nouveau movement.
NB this image printed in 1948. Mounted on a stunning jet black mount with a slight sheen. |
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