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1872 London, England - 1956 Rapallo, Italy. Known for: Illustration, caricature, satire.
Max Beerbohm, British (1872 - 1956). Born in London, England, the younger half-brother of actor and producer Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, he was educated at Charterhouse School and Merton College,... Read full biography
Max Beerbohm, British (1872 - 1956). Born in London, England, the younger half-brother of actor and producer Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, he was educated at Charterhouse School and Merton College, Oxford, where he was Secretary of the Myrmidon Club. At Oxford he became part of the Oscar Wilde set,... Read full biography
Max Beerbohm, British (1872 - 1956). Born in London, England, the younger half-brother of actor and producer Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, he was educated at Charterhouse School and Merton College, Oxford, where he was Secretary of the Myrmidon Club. At Oxford he became part of the Oscar Wilde set, although George Bernard Shaw declared that Beerbohm was incomparable to anyone else. At this early age, he was also in much demand as a guest at the great dinner parties of Mayfair, where he was... Read full biography
Max Beerbohm, British (1872 - 1956). Born in London, England, the younger half-brother of actor and producer Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, he was educated at Charterhouse School and Merton College, Oxford, where he was Secretary of the Myrmidon Club. At Oxford he became part of the Oscar Wilde set, although George Bernard Shaw declared that Beerbohm was incomparable to anyone else. At this early age, he was also in much demand as a guest at the great dinner parties of Mayfair, where he was considered by many to be the greatest wit in town. His early brilliance faded all too soon, and by thirty-five he was viewed as a prematurely dull, heavy, middle-aged man. It was at school that he began writing. His Defence of Cosmetics appeared in the... Read full biography
Max Beerbohm, British (1872 - 1956). Born in London, England, the younger half-brother of actor and producer Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, he was educated at Charterhouse School and Merton College, Oxford, where he was Secretary of the Myrmidon Club. At Oxford he became part of the Oscar Wilde set, although George Bernard Shaw declared that Beerbohm was incomparable to anyone else. At this early age, he was also in much demand as a guest at the great dinner parties of Mayfair, where he was considered by many to be the greatest wit in town. His early brilliance faded all too soon, and by thirty-five he was viewed as a prematurely dull, heavy, middle-aged man. It was at school that he began writing. His Defence of Cosmetics appeared in the first edition of the The Yellow Book, Aubrey Beardsley being art editor at the time. Beerbohm toured the United... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeA Recollection: Conder, Max, Rothenstein and Wilde at the Café Royal
Max Beerbohm Auction: 02/13/2025Lot: 37Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assignee‘PRIME MINISTERS IN MY DAY - AND MOSTLY TREMENDOUS LUMINARIES IN THEIRS’
Max Beerbohm Auction: 03/14/2018Lot: 68Subscribe or get free alerts
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Art images copyright© of artist or assignee‘DRAUGHTING A BILL AT THE BOARD OF TRADE’ (‘MR CHURCHILL: “OH, I UNDERSTAND ALL THESE FIGURES, RIGHT ENOUGH. WHAT WE’VE GOT TO DO, GENTLEMEN, IS TO PUT SOME - ER - HUMANISING GINGER INTO ’EM”’)
Max Beerbohm Auction: 03/14/2018Lot: 39Subscribe or get free alerts
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