1896
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Tristan und Isolde is a 1896 by Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Two women in a garden turn their gaze toward a standing man before them. The drawing employs controlled, steady lines achieved with a flexible steel pen nib, with minimal preparatory work beyond slight pencil markings. It was reproduced in *The Savoy*, No. 8, December 1896, and later traced through provenance to R A Harari.
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Aubrey Vincent Beardsley was an English illustrator and author. His black ink drawings were influenced by Japanese woodcuts, and depicted the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. He was a leading figure in the…
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