Обри Бердслей. Рисунки. Проза. Стихи. Афоризмы. Письма. Воспоминания и статьи о Бердслее

This book is the first attempt to bring together under one cover all the elements of the vast cultural heritage associated with the name of Beardsley. It includes most of his drawings, original and brilliant experiments in poetry and prose, his selected correspondence, as well as memoirs and articles about the artist written by the largest Western and Russian critics and art critics (Ross, Pick, Simons, Makovsky, Evreinov, A. .Sidorov) and reproduced here according to the rarest domestic editions of the early 20th century. Introductory article, album project, compilation, preparation of texts and notes by Alexander Basmanov. Aubrey Vincent Beardsley / or Beardsley (England, 1872 - France, 1898) - a brilliant English graphic artist, one of the founders of the Art Nouveau style. Created by this artist, whose short life literally blinded the sky of European art at the end of the 19th century, it continues to exist to this day as a unique monument of book illustration and design.