~ Date unknown Édouard Bernard (also spelled Edouard Bernard) was a French spanking artist who illustrated spanking novels c. 1920. It is not sure if he is the same artist whose full name was Édouard Alexandre Bernard and who lived 1879-1950. Some believe that after the war Bernard continued illustrating…
~ date of birth unknown ~ P. Beloti was a French spanking artist and author active in the 1930s. His work is almost exclusively M/F and shows a strong technical skill, particularly in his ability to imitate and sometimes rival the styles of better-known artists such as Louis Malteste and…
~ 1885 – 1960 Paul-Emile Becat was a French painter, printmaker, and engraver who won first prize at the Prix de Rome in 1920. He trained under Gabriel Ferrier and François Flameng, and made his debut at the Salon de Paris as early as 1913. After travels to the Congo,…
~ 1872 – 1898 Aubrey Beardsley was an English illustrator and author. His drawings in black ink, influenced by the style of Japanese woodcuts, emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. He was a leading figure in the Aesthetic movement which also included Oscar Wilde and James A. McNeill…
~ 1866 – 1924 Marquis Franz von Bayros was born in Zagreb in 1866, as the son of a Spanish noblemanOne of his erotic portfolios, ‘Erzahlungen vom Toilettentisch’ (‘Tales from the Dressing Table’), caused a courtcase and made Von Bayros famous. In 1911, the Munich police persecuted him because of…
~ Date of birth unknown Bal-Tit is an enigmatic figure in the world of vintage erotica, known primarily for his (or her) illustrations in the 1938 novel Le Joug Séducteur by René-Michel Desergy, a French author of sado-masochistic literature. Virtually nothing is known about Bal-Tit’s true identity, as the name…