The Fascinating Life of Aubrey Beardsley

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1. Aubrey Beardsley was born in Brighton, England, in 1872. At the age of seven he was diagnosed with the disease that eventually killed him. What was it? tuberculosis pancreatitis epilepsy diabetes

2. After Beardsley finished his formal education at Brighton Grammar School, he obtained employment in London. What was his job? insurance clerk set designer sign painter private detective

3. Who described Aubrey Beardsley as having "a face like a silver hatchet and grass-green hair'? Lewis Carroll, author of "Alice in Wonderland" He himself Oscar Wilde Queen Victoria's daughter, Princess Beatrice

4. As children, both Aubrey and his sister were considered to be artistically and musically gifted. His sister later became an actress. What was her name? Mabel Dolly Audrey Salome

5. Beardsley's first paid commission was to illustrate Malory's "Morte D'Arthur". This was so well received that he was immediately asked to illustrate Oscar Wilde's scandalous 1892 play which was banned in Britain. What was its title? Salome Lady Chatterley's Lover Lady Windermere's Fan The Rape of the Lock

6. Beardsley's fame was established when he became art editor for a quarterly magazine. The venomous elegance of his startling black-and-white drawings made the journal an overnight sensation. What was its name? The Crimson Book The Sapphire Book The Black Book The Yellow Book

7. When his friend Oscar Wilde was convicted of sodomy and sent to jail, Aubrey Beardsley was dismissed from his job at the magazine, whose owners did not want their image tarnished. What contributions by Oscar Wilde had been published in the magazine during Beardsley's editorship? None Fairy tales and poetry Thinly-disguised homo-erotic sonnets Two satirical one-act plays

8. Although he was a member of Oscar Wilde's clique of aesthetes, Beardsley was heterosexual. He had an ongoing sexual relationship with a woman who miscarried (or aborted) his child in 1892. Who was she? Oscar Wilde's wife The actress Ellen Terry One of Queen Victoria's ladies-in-waiting His sister

9. Beardsley became renowned for his dark and perverse images and his grotesque erotica. His most famous erotic drawings are the illustrations for which book? Lysistrata The Rape of the Lock Fanny Hill Venus and Adonis

10. How old was Beardsley when he died at Menton in the south of France? 21 58 37 25