Beardsley, Aubrey Vincent

English illustrator, and author.

1872 - Born on the 21st of August in Brighton.

Beardsley was aligned with the Yellow Book coterie of artists and writers.

Art editor for the first four editions and produced many illustrations for the magazine.

Controversial artist of the Art Nouveau era, renowned for his dark and perverse images and the grotesque erotica.

Wrote Under the Hill, an unfinished erotic tale based loosely on the legend of Tannhäuser.

1898 - Beardsley died in Menton, France at the age of 25 on 16th of March.