"Of course, I have one aim, the grotesque. If I am not grotesque I am nothing."

In an interview with The Idler (1896)

Aubrey Beardsley was born #OTD in 1872.

His black ink drawings were influenced by Japanese woodcuts, and depicted the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. He was a leading figure in the aesthetic movement which also included Oscar Wilde and James McNeill Whistler. via nostr:npub1kvnpp3m60derhwpqwc09zhk3ehk48tr6agc6dk9z2vggu9sga28qpxhm73

Books by or illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley at PG:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/41820

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