Obri Winsent Beardsley 1872-1898

Obri Winsent Beardsley - English graphic artist, illustrator, decorator, poet, one of the most prominent representatives of English aestheticism and modernism of the 1890s.

llustration from “Death of Arthur”
by T. Malory
Graphic accuracy of Beardsley, categorical drawing, saturation of black and layout are combined with rounded hints of body pieces, pathological detail.

Savoy Magazine Cover

Illustrations for Oscar Wilde's "Salome"

Arthur's Death - Merlin and Nimue