At the start of the new year, I wish everyone joy and health. Exciting updates include nine new artworks by Roger Jadot, a free giveaway of Ernst Schertel’s work, and the complete Fredi Trilogy. Explore new titles in various art categories. Your subscriptions support this vibrant platform.
Der Flagellantismus als literarisches Motiv (Flagellantism as a Literary Motif) is a groundbreaking multi-volume work by the German author, occultist, and early sexologist Ernst Schertel (1884–1958). Published in four volumes between 1929 and 1932 by his own Parthenon Verlag in Leipzig, it represents one of…
All year through I try to keep track of my updates, you can find updates for 2025 in the list below.For updates on my free art blogs check the blogs, you can find them via this linktree.Enjoy these updates, be sure to grant yourself a premium…
Joseph Kuhn-Régnier (1876-1940) was a French illustrator and painter famous for his elegant, erotic prints from the 1920s and 1930s. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and was influenced by antiquity. His work elegantly captures themes of desire and power dynamics, making him a key figure in vintage erotica.
For decades, the erotic watercolors and sketches attributed to “Julie Delcourt” have lived in the shadow of a single name: Gerhard Georg August Gagelmann. Auction houses, wikis, and collectors repeated the same line: Delcourt is Gagelmann’s pseudonym, a post-war private indulgence. The evidence for this…
The scene is instantly recognizable to anyone familiar with 1930s Parisian livres galants. A corseted dominatrix stands like a dark Venus, one hand raised with a whip, the other resting on a curtain that frames her like a proscenium. At her feet: a kneeling man,…
~ 1869 – 1935 Arthur Chaplin was a French painter and the son of the renowned Charles Joshua Chaplin, forged a markedly different artistic path from his father’s lavish, rococo‑styled nudes and dreamy portraits of women. While publicly celebrated for his modest botanical studies, Chaplin’s private oeuvre reveals…
~ 1907 – ? Vala Moro was an Austro‑Hungarian dancer and graphic artist who flourished in Vienna during the intoxicating 1920s and 1930s. Born in 1907, she appeared on prestigious stages such as the Wiener Konzerthaus, where she performed intimate dance‑dramas, including a version of The Burning Girl set…
