~ Date of birth unknown ~ Sadie Maso (sometimes spelled Sadie Mazo) remains one of the most fascinating figures in the underground world of 1930s–1950s French erotic illustration. Sadie was a pseudonym, likely belonging to a man (though I’d love it if a real femme fatale had been behind that…
~ 1863 – 1926 Maurice François Alfred Martin van Miële was born on 12 octobre 1863 in Boulogne sur Seine. He used the alias Martin van Maele. It could also be written as van Maële and A van Troizem. He illustrated for Authors such as Charles Carrington and Jean Fort….
Lushé, an enigmatic figure from the 1930s, is shrouded in mystery with no verifiable details of birth or death. Known for provocative sketches of women in bondage, his work appeared in a 1972 anthology. Recent findings of signed pieces attributed to a possible Polish émigré add to his legend without concrete proof.
René Lelong (c.1871‑1933), Académie Julian instructor and Salon exhibitor, created elegant covers for Femina and L’Illustration and posters. In 1899, under Charles Carrington, he secretly illustrated Étude sur la flagellation à travers le monde, producing ten plates of canings and floggings. The book disappeared, and Lelong never revisited such subjects.
~ Date of birth unknown William Adolphe Lambrecht was an illustrator of French spanking novels published by Charles Carrington in the early 1900s. It is likely but unsure that he is identical to the Belgian painter William Adolphe Lambrecht (1876–1940). Books illustrated by Lambrecht featured in gallery below: En Virginie…