The English illustrator and engraver Aubrey Beardsley died aged twenty five. Yet his career was no less prolific.

He received his first major commission at he age of twenty: the illustration of the Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory. His work quickly became known through publications. His creations for Oscar Wilde’s Salomé are among his most famous.

His vivid and elegant drawings, depicting a strange, erotic and sometimes perverse universe, reflect the vision of the world held by this original figure in late 19th century England.

The first monograph dedicated to Beardsley in France, the exhibition will reveal some one hundred drawings that clearly distinguish his influences, from Pre-Raphaelite painters to Japanism, and his stylistic evolutions.