Chapter 117 About Biasley

About Biasley In order to realize a wish I had when I was young, I have recently squeezed out some time to read Biasley Biographical data and critical texts about his works in order to prepare a critical biography accompanied by his works. The large albums of his works that he spent a lot of money on in the past were all lost in Shanghai. In whose hands it fell.I hope to be like me, also a lover of Biasley's works, otherwise it will be inevitable It will cause the sigh of boiling cranes and burning pianos. Fortunately, Biasley has suddenly become popular again in the UK in the past few years, and several new novels about him have been published in succession.

His biography, his collection of works are also being reprinted, and there are even new editions, which include works that were not selected in the past. s work.Although the value of the British currency has depreciated in recent years, prices have risen, and the prices of newly published books have repeatedly increased. But I still reluctantly bought it.All the important new books on Biasley had been bought. It seems that if this wish is fulfilled, all that remains is just a matter of time. In the autumn of the year before last (1966), an exhibition of Biasley's works was held in the UK.

Held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, public exhibition, from May to September, It lasted a total of five months.In this exhibition of Biasley's works, many of his works are exhibited at home and abroad. It is borrowed from museums and private collectors, so it is very large in scale and very rich in content.and, "Victoria and Albert" is the National Museum of Fine Arts, this time came forward to host this exhibition, the attitude The ceremony is also very grand, for this British "world" in the 19th century who died after living only in his twenties "Painters at the end of the century" can be said to be an anomaly!

To explain this "anomaly", two reasons can be cited.One is that although Biasley died too early, And he was just a black and white decorative painter mainly book illustration but he stayed on British art His influence is growing, and his works that are close to "ghosts" are becoming more and more appreciated and loved by people. This made people in the British "temple" have to look at him with admiration. Another reason is: the "Pop Art" that has become popular in Britain, the United States and Europe in recent years, the colorful, Dazzling posters, and new dress designs for trendy women, weird images of bearded "hipsters"

Costumes are all directly and indirectly influenced by Biasley, making his works suddenly popular again in recent years So he took this opportunity to hold a large-scale painting exhibition for him. Also, this is "unspoken" by the British themselves. In recent years, the British state has declined. Those who can be strong and "prestige" are always unwilling to let go.Therefore, even the "Beatles" were promoted to "Jazz". Because they once became famous overseas and earned a large amount of foreign exchange.Now seeing Biasley suddenly become popular

Come on, it can be said that there has been an "unpopularity" in British art, and it is natural to make great use of it. During the Biasley Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum.Also published a This commemorative album was published by the "Queen's Bureau of Literature" at the beginning of the second year (1967), edited by It was Brian Reed who was in charge of organizing the exhibition.I saw the advertisement and wrote to buy it, and I wrote back that I had bought it. It was sold out, so it can be seen that quite a few people paid attention to this exhibition.Who knows halfway

After more than a year, I suddenly received a letter saying that there are books available again, but the price has already increased by one shilling, and now I will sell them again. Wrote a letter to buy, and it has arrived recently. This album commemorating the Biasley exhibition was quite disappointing, and only selected More than fifty of his works.It is probably for the sake of popularizing readers, limited to the selling price, because even if the The price is still only eight shillings and sixpence per volume.This compares to Reed's own selection for another bookstore. The large Biasley album with more than 500 works is really small.However, this thin

The commemorative picture album also has its advantages, that is, many works are directly based on Biasley's original works. Plate-making, many ink stains and traces of pencil drafting can be seen.think it's all this A "ghost" painter, with his already heavy body due to lung disease, finished it by candlelight every night, It has a very real feeling. Some of these original works were once donated to the Harvard University Library by a collector.for In order to hold this exhibition, I specially borrowed it.Therefore, after the exhibition closed in London, it then moved to

There was an exhibition at the "Modern Art" Gallery in New York, USA. In the summer of 1896, Biasley painted a series of the ancient Greek dramatist Aristophanes There are eight illustrations in total for the comedy "Lycisternata" by Thomas.Since Aristophanes this great The main plot of the comedy is to describe the women of Athens, in order to oppose the long-term war with the Spartans, they advocated the Great War. The family unanimously refused to have intercourse with the husband who was going to the war, so as to force the men of both sides to have a truce, so Biasley

In this series of illustrations, some places are very erotic.After the painting was completed, it was never released publicly, and later it was published in Lin At the end of his life (1898), he wrote to the publisher who asked to keep these works of his, and he destroyed them. Unexpectedly, this person did not follow suit, and after Biasley's death, he copied some of them and circulated them secretly.but in the past These works have never been seen in the published collection of Biasley's works. The series of illustrations also came from a private collection at the exhibition of Beasley's work in London.

It was borrowed from the collector and displayed publicly.Although the Victoria and Albert Museum is a national institution, it is The parliament can openly debate and pass the "homosexuality" legal proposal, and the National Museum exhibits Biya Sly's few erotic illustrations are really nothing.Unexpectedly, the world-famous "Scotland" A "cop finds a Monchacha" and confiscated a copy of it from a London art shop during the exhibition. He also accused the store owner of "obstructing publicity" for replicas of some of the exhibits.The boss asked the judge to come first Check out the exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum and come back to the case.The judge accepted the defendant's request, see After the incident, he quickly announced the release of the case, which became an interesting episode of this exhibition.