How King Arthur saw the Questing Beast by Aubrey Beardsley, 1893-1894 I immediately fell in love with Beardsley’s style as I have an appreciation for Art Nouveau and woodcut art. These illustrations are how I first learned of Beardsley, as I own a copy of Le Morte d’Arthur published by Flame Tree Publishing, which uses Beardsley’s art. His career began with a commission for Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory in 1893. Japonism is likely the reason for this, as fascination with Japanese art and culture was in full swing during Beardsley’s lifetime thanks to the country opening up to the West in the 1850s. His illustrations were primarily done with black ink and are inspired in many ways by Japanese woodcuts. He grew up to become an influential artist and illustrator during his short lifetime and his work contributed heavily to the Art Nouveau movement. Despite this, he was given an excellent education in art, literature, music, and performance by his father.
His life expectancy was thrown into uncertainty. Frederick Evans portrait of Aubrey BeardsleyĪubrey Beardsley, born in 1872, began suffering from tuberculosis at age seven.
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