Aubrey Beardsley: Imp of the Perverse

At twenty the "Fra Angelico of Satanism", as Roger Fry was to call Aubrey Beardsley, was an obscure clerk in a London insurance firm. Three years later he was the most notorious and perhaps the most influential artist in England. Here, then, is the marvelous boyhe died at twenty-fiveas human being and as complex and tragic genius, in the rich context of 150 examples of his graphic art. The original version of Aubrey Beardsley was a National Book Award nominee.