Collection art and info from known and anonymous vintage artists
~ 1921 – 1970 Jean Boullet was a painter, designer, illustrator, film critic and French author. He began painting in 1942, mainly portraits and became known as a designer and illustrator in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés immediate post-war. Fundamental, anticlerical, enemy of established orders and personally launched…
Nothing is known about this artist who illustrated for the comic The Strap Returns around 1950/1955.This was a comic sold by Eric Stanton through his Stanton Archives. Originally they were sold through Mutrix and Irving Klaw. 2 albums/49 artworks To view all artworks you need…
~ 1882 – 1961 Seiu Ito, also romanised as Seiyu Itoh, was a Japanese painter, recognised today as “the father of modern kinbaku” Ito was born Hajime Ito in Asakusa district and started his education in painting by 1890. His father was a metalworker and he also received training in ivory carving, later sculpture. He adopted the alias Seiu (Sino-Japanese…
Mario was a fetish artist who worked for a short period of time for Irving Klaw’s Movie Star News company. He drew two complete serials for Klaw and one unfinished, all are featured in the gallery below. Captives of the Scientists (1954) Rubber Queen’s Captives…
~ Date of birth unknown This is one of those artists that so far remain a mystery. At first I found artworks from a book published in 1960, titled Rossera. The artworks are signed L.RI also found two artworks that belong to a book titled…
~ Date of birth unknown This artist illustrated the book Le Tour du monde d’un flagellant published in 1900. There is no info known for the artist. 1 album/12 artworks To view all artworks you need to login Make sure that you are logged in…
~ Date of birth unknown There is nearly nothing to find for this artist. Jean-Pierre Dutel mentions Lapin was living in Eastern Europe around 1920, perhaps in Prague and the artist may have been Czech. There is one book known as illustrated by Lapin: Les…
~ 1879 – 1957 Edgart Tytgat was a Belgium expressionist painter, cover artist and engraver. He combined expressionism with a poetic, sometimes dreamy style. Tytgat spent his youth in Bruges, until the family moved to Brussels in 1888. After a failed attempt to become a…