Collection art and info from known and anonymous vintage artists
~ ca 1920 ~ Bernard Montorgueil was the pseudonym of a French artist and writer known for BDSM and spanking-themed short stories and illustrations, created in the 1920s and 1930s. While little is known about the artist’s identity or the initial circulation of their work, Montorgueil’s stories and drawings, which…
~ Date of birth unknown ~ Mira K was a mysterious illustrator active in the 1920s and 1930s, renowned for her evocative F/F (female-on-female) spanking illustrations that embody the provocative essence of underground European erotica. Her work stands as a rare and introspective contribution to the “Golden Age” of French…
~ 1895 – 1961 Born in 1895 to an unwed seamstress in Leipzig’s smoky industrial haze, Gerhard Windisch learned early that every line must pay its rent. By day he drafted posters, sketched cityscapes, and photographed the Neue Sachlichkeit streets for municipal brochures. At night, in cramped Parisian hotel rooms…
~ 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….