Great Lives - Aubrey Beardsley
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen on the Victorian artist Aubrey Beardsley, whose shocking originality he compares to that of Alexander McQueen. Laurence's first foray into art was copying Beardsley drawings to sell at his school - with the more erotic ones fetching a premium price...
Biographer Matthew Sturgis fills in the detail of Beardsley's short but extraordinary life, and Matthew Parris presents.
Produce:r Beth O'Dea
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.
Published on Tuesday, 15th January 2013.
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