Frontispiece for Venus and Tannhauser

ID: #2904 | Art Nouveau | People

Date: 19th century
Medium: pen drawing
Location: Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford, Bedfordshire, UK
Dimensions: 21.9 x 17.8

The picture shows an Art Nouveau illustration that represents the figure of Venus. In the middle stands an elegant female figure in a long dress with a floral motif. To the sides are two figures in exotic clothing with decorated heads holding a weave above their heads. The background is composed of an intricate ornament. At the bottom of the picture is the inscription 'VENUS'.

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Beardsley painted picture Frontispiece for Venus and Tannhauser in 19th century. Prevailing color of this fine art print is b&W and its shape is portrait. Original size is 21.9 x 17.8. This art piece is located in Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford, Bedfordshire, UK. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (1872 - 1898). English illustrator and writer. His black and white ink drawings were influenced by Japanese woodcuts. They emphasize grotesqueness, decadence and eroticism. He was friends with Oscar Wilde and James A. McNeill Whistler. His contribution to the development of Art Nouveau was very important, despite his early death due to tuberculosis.