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Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley

Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley

2020 · 58 min · Documentary

Mark Gatiss explores the life and career of Aubrey Beardsley, an artist who wielded outrage as adroitly as his pen. A lifelong fan, Mark shows how Beardsley was more than just a genius of self-promotion who scandalised the art world of the 1890s. He was also a technological innovator, whose uncompromising attitude still feels remarkably modern.

Directed by Matthew Thomas

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