This artist once said that “I am nothing if I am not grotesque”. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this English artist of many Japanese-influenced black ink illustrations. His only oil painting shows his Caprice on one side, and Masked Woman with a White Mouse on the verso.
ANSWER: Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley
[10e] Beardsley made illustrations for an Oscar Wilde play titled for this woman. Beardsley’s The Climax depicts this woman holding the head of John the Baptist as it drips blood on a lily.
ANSWER: Salome
[10m] In one illustration, Beardsley depicted Salome wearing a skirt whose design is named for this animal. Princess from the Land of Porcelain appears in an installation named for this animal commissioned by Frederick Leyland.
ANSWER: peacock [accept (Harmony in Blue and Gold:) The Peacock Room]