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Mabel Beardsley (24 August 1871 – 8 May 1916) was an English Victorian actress and elder sister of the famous illustrator Aubrey Beardsley, who according to her brother's biographer, "achieved mild notoriety for her exotic and flamboyant appearance".
Feb 22, 2020 · Mabel Beardsley, who was older than her brother by a year minus three days, was, it seems, present for everything – she encouraged Aubrey to give up his job in an insurance office and become an artist. She gave The Savoy, his post-Yellow Book periodical, its name.
- Artistic Collaboration
- First Impressions
- Meetings
- Salome
- Influences
- Bad Blood
The association of Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898) and Oscar Wilde (1864-1900) on the English edition and drawings for Wilde’s play Salome was arguably the most significant art and literary collaboration of the last third of the nineteenth century. Written in French Salome had originally been published without illustrations in France and England on Fe...
The literary artist and the artistic playwright seem to have had a collegial, yet competitive affiliation. Wilde made snide comments about Beardsley’s sexuality, such as “Don’t sit on the same chair as Aubrey, it’s not compromising,” and Beardsley moved from the Hotel Sandwich in Dieppe because “Some rather unpleasant people come here.” Nonetheless...
On 13 July 1892, Beardsley noted that he and Wilde first met in July 1891 at tea at the home of Edward Burne-Jones. Significant acquaintance, however, may not have begun until Beardsley met Wilde’s friend, Robert Ross, on February 14th, 1892, and Ross most likely then (re?)introduced him to Wilde. Later versions tell different stories and different...
Beardsley began the drawings for Salome in late spring 1893, confiding in June to Robert Ross in the first extant reference to them, “If you happen to be near Elkin Mathews today they have a drawing (Salomé) to show you.” In August, he was pleased with his progress, “Salome goes famously,” he wrote to Ross, “I have done two more since I saw you; on...
Having read Heinrich Heine, J.—K. Huysmans, Jules Laforgue, and the New Testament, Beardsley was visually influenced by the Greek vase collection at the British Museum, Gustave Moreau, Whistler’s Peacock Room, Japanese art, and the manner in which he envisioned Wilde’s play—particularly Wilde’s assertion in “The Truth of Masks” (1885): “A truth in ...
Although there is some evidence that Wilde saw the drawings at the home of Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon, the playwright certainly saw them in November 1893, when “Bosie” Douglas summoned John Lane to “bring the Aubrey Beardsley drawings round here [the Hotel Albemarle].” There is no evidence that Wilde attempted to censor any of the drawing...
May 6, 2016 · Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898) and his sister Mabel (1871-1916) were close as children, a relationship that lasted until he died. Most likely, their connection initially formed when their mother, Ellen, was forced by family circumstances to work.
Feb 23, 2020 · Mabel Beardsley, who was older than her brother by a year minus three days, was, it seems, present for everything – she encouraged Aubrey to give up his job in an insurance office and become an...
Apr 22, 2019 · Like Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley was widely accused of being a homosexual, a serious charge in Victorian England. Bizarrely, Beardlsey was further accused of having a relationship with his sister Mabel, who was said to have miscarried their incestual child.
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Mabel Beardsley (24 August 1871 – 8 May 1916) was an English Victorian actress and elder sister of the famous illustrator Aubrey Beardsley, who according to her brother's biographer, "achieved mild notoriety for her exotic and flamboyant appearance".
