2 albums/11 artworks – There is not much I could found about this Spanish illustrator other then the fact that he used a pseudonym for illustrating the book La flagelación erótica, published in Barcelona in 1932.Zurriago is valued as one of the most important Spanish BDSM illustrators in the first decades of 20th Century. Zurriago ←
Claire Willows (sometimes spelled Claire Willowes) was a mysterious pseudonymous author and illustrator active in the underground English-language fetish and flagellation erotica scene from the 1930s onward (till the 70’s) Like many creators in this secretive niche, almost nothing is known about her personal life. To this day, no verified…
Pierre Noël (1903 – 1981) was born into a world of brass buttons and rigid honor. His paternal grandfather had been a naval officer; his maternal grandfather, a cavalry general. The family—monarchist, devoutly Catholic, and steeped in tradition—valued art but kept it on a short leash. Young Pierre attended strict…
For this artist there is no info known. He (or she) illustrated the books Painful Pleasures and Invitation to the Dance (1935). The art from Painful Pleasures shows some resemblance to artworks stored in the Anonymous Spanking Gallery, see the album Anonymous Artist (1950) Please log in to view the…
Marcel Vèrtes (1895 – 1961) was a French costume designer and illustrator of Hungarian-Jewish origins. He won two Academy Awards (Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design) for his work on the 1952 film Moulin Rouge. He was born and raised in Budapest, during the interwar years he lived in Paris and when many artists fled Europe…
Maurice Milliere (1871 – 1946) was a French painter, printmaker and illustrator, born in Le Havre to upper working class parents; his father was a merchant’s clerk. His early artistic interests are not known, but he completed his secondary education at the Ecole De Beaux Arts in Le Havre before…