Peacock motif

Date: 19th century
Medium: litografie
Location: private collection

This black and white image depicts a stylized peacock with a crescent-shaped rook on a feather sitting on a grassy background. In the upper left of the image is a tree with voluminous leaves spreading over the peacock. On the right, an object resembling a fountain or drinking fountain with a spigot can be seen placed on a pedestal. The background is simple and gives no clear context to the environment in which the peacock is situated.

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Beardsley painted picture Peacock motif in 19th century. Prevailing color of this fine art print is b&W and its shape is portrait. This art piece is located in a private collection 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.