Artsmarts
Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley: brilliant wits with prickly egoes
Oscar Wilde, a renowned Irish author, poet, and dramatist of the late Victorian England, still widely known for his brilliant wit and flamboyant style advocating "art for the art's sake" as well as for imprisonment for his homosexuality. Aubrey Beardsley, another prominent figure in the Aesthetic Movement of the late 19th century, was an English artist and illustrator who collaborated with Oscar…