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Carlo was a French illustrator who's real name is unknown. It is assumed he worked as cartoonist for the Magazine Humor using the pseudonym Charléno. Some mention this was the artist Charles Antoine Odis (1877-1936):
In n°5 of the magazine Le Visage vert, published in 1998 by Joëlle Losfeld, François Ducos reveals: Carlo, whose real name is Charles Antoine Odis, was born on September 7, 1877 in Paris 18th. He is the son of a tailor and a seamstress. Indeed, the Seine military recruitment archives tell us that Charles Odis was born in Paris on September 7, 1877, at 26 rue Lepic, in 18th, that he worked as a designer, that he was blond, with eyes blue, and measures 1.62 m. The 1926 census tells us that he lived on rue Caulaincourt with his wife Maria. And the Yvelines archives tell us of his death on May 15, 1936 in Gambais, in his 59th year. His death is also mentioned in the obituary published in Le Sans-Gêne, January 30, 1937: « As we go to press, we learn with sadness of the death of our collaborator and friend Charléno whose readers appreciated the drawings so spiritual in our magazine Sans-Gêne.
He died at the age of thirty-six in his youth following double pulmonary congestion.
Carlo created many sado masochistic drawings in the 1930's published by la Librairie Artistique, and la Librairie Artistique also Édition Parisienne Réunies working together with la Librairie Générale.
Most of Carlo's art is woman spanking art (F/F, M/F and /F). The ladies in Carlo's art almost always wear Stiletto heels, typical of BDSM/shoe fetishism, and also often tightlaced corsets and/or stockings. His art shows such a creative mind regarding bdsm, many scenarios that can live in ones fantasy were drawn by this artist.
Illustrated books by Carlo, if not presented in the gallery below it is mentioned:
- Le Cuir triomphant (1930) - this one is sligthly different then the version from 1934, I feel some artworks are by Rene Giffey
- Dressage (1931) - not present
- La Guinguette aux Orties (1931)
- Bagne de Femmes (1931)
- Esclavage ou L’Agonie (1932)
- La Reine Cravache (1932)
- Le Cuir Triomphant (1934)
- Le Dominateur (1933)
- Internat des Chatiments (1933)
- Les deux Camilles (1933)
- L'Inquisiteur moderne (1933)
- Severites Perverses (1933)
- Servitude (1934)
- Cinglantes Épreuves (1934)
- Le Château des Cuisants Souvenirs (1934)
- Despotisme Féminin (1934) - not present
- Dolorès Amazone (1934)
- Sévérités Perverses (1934)
- L'Inquisiteur moderne (1934)
- Caprices Sexuels (1934)
- Le Cuir Triomphant (1934)
- Le Marriage (1934) (extern link, free view)
- Joues Cramoisies (1935)
- Brûlants Plaisirs (1935)
- Les Tyrans Passionelles (1935)
- Dolly Esclave (1936)
- La Madone du Cuir Verni (1937)
To view free art from this artist visit Art Vintagique, Bondage Art and Spanking Art.
25 albums/390 artworks
Latest Update: November 17, 2025 -> 1 rare colored artwork added
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Karen Smits
The date of 1909 doesn’t seem right to me. I think this is from the 1930s also…
Yes you are right, the book was published for the first time in 1909 with art from Lewis Bald and a later version in 1933 seems to be done by Carlo. I think when I published this I had overseen this info. Thanks for your comment I will adjust the date.