Event EVENT CANCELLED – Private Tour of Aubrey Beardsley Exhibition at Tate Britain 23 Apr 2020 Back Cover Design for the 'Yellow Book' 1894 by Aubrey Beardsley 1872-1898Aubrey Beardsley, Cover Design for the ‘Yellow Book’ (detail), 1894, Ink on paper, 260 x 216mm. Image courtesy of Tate. Bequeathed by John Lane 1926. Location Gallery Cover Design for the 'Yellow Book' 1894 by Aubrey Beardsley 1872-1898Cover Design for the 'Yellow Book' 1894 Aubrey Beardsley 1872-1898 Bequeathed by John Lane 1926 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/N04171 La Dame aux Camelias 1894 by Aubrey Beardsley 1872-1898La Dame aux Camelias 1894 Aubrey Beardsley 1872-1898 Presented by Colonel James Lister Melvill at the request of his brother, Harry Edward Melvill 1931 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/N04608 Design for the Frontispiece to John Davidson's Plays 1894 by Aubrey Beardsley 1872-1898Design for the Frontispiece to John Davidson's Plays 1894 Aubrey Beardsley 1872-1898 Bequeathed by John Lane 1926 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/N04172 THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Drawing Room is pleased to offer Drawing Circle members the opportunity to attend a private tour of the Aubrey Beardsley exhibition at Tate Britain. Aubrey Beardsley shocked and delighted late-Victorian London with his sinuous black and white drawings. He explored the erotic and the elegant, the humorous and grotesque, winning admirers around the world with his distinctive style. Spanning seven years, this exhibition will cover Beardsley’s intense and prolific career as a draughtsman and illustrator, cut short by his untimely death from tuberculosis, aged 25. This will be the first exhibition dedicated to Beardsley at Tate since 1923, and the largest display of his original drawings in Europe since the seminal 1966 exhibition at the V&A, which triggered a Beardsley revival. The over 200 works include his celebrated illustrations for Le Morte d’Arthur, Lysistrata and Oscar Wilde’s Salomé. It will also show artworks that were key inspirations for Beardsley, including Japanese scrolls and watercolours by Edward Burne-Jones and Gustave Moreau. Please email [email protected] to book a place on the tour. The event is part of Drawing Room's exclusive events programme for Drawing Circle members. If you wish to become a member and access our private events please contact Silvia Denaro or visit our Join page.