Collection art and info from known and anonymous vintage artists
Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky, better known as Rojan (1891–1970), was a Russian émigré illustrator who excelled in two seemingly opposite worlds: the gentle, colorful illustrations for children’s books and the sensual, often explicitly erotic art for adults. Born on December 24, 1891, in Mitava (present-day Jelgava, Latvia) in the Russian Empire,…
Kurt Faber (active circa 1929–1932) was a little-known German artist and illustrator from the interwar period. He is primarily remembered for his contributions to erotic and fetishistic works centered on flagellantism (whipping and corporal punishment scenes). His output consists mainly of drawings and especially distinctive photomontages (photomanipulations). His work appeared…
Max Kislinger (1895 – 1983) was an Austrian graphic artist, watercolorist, and folklorist whose erotic oeuvre stands out for its witty, earthy charm and masterful execution. Primarily working in the form of ex-libris (bookplates), often as woodcuts or hand-colored prints, Kislinger created highly personal and private erotic commissions that blended…
Adolphe Léon Willette (1857 – 1926) was a French painter, illustrator, caricaturist and lithographer who became one of the leading figures of the Belle Époque. Born in Châlons-sur-Marne, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and quickly made a name for himself with his elegant, often satirical drawings…
Fritz Erler (1868 – 1940) was a versatile German painter, graphic artist, illustrator, and designer whose work left a distinctive mark on the transition from late 19th-century academic art to the flowing elegance of Jugendstil (German Art Nouveau).Born in Frankenstein, Silesia (now Ząbkowice Śląskie, Poland), Erler trained at the Royal…
Sergei Eistenstein (1898 – 1948) is best known as the director of landmark films such as Battleship Potemkin and the theorist who invented montage as collision, Eisenstein also left behind hundreds of private erotic drawings. Executed in ink and pencil during the 1930s and 1940s, these works remain far less…