2 albums/49 artworks – 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. Malteste ←
Johannes Hendrikus (Joop) Moesman (1909 – 1988) was a Dutch surreal painter, calligrapher, typographer and type designer. Initially he worked as a draftsman at the Dutch Railways. His father, Johannes Anthonius Moesman, was a draftsman, lithographer, stone printer and amateur photographer. The self-taught Moesman visited Galerie Nord, run by the…
Edmond Malassis (1874 – 1944) was a French painter and illustrator. He was a pupil of Gustave Moreau, and became a watercolourist. Malassis worked primarily in the first half of the 20th century. A prolific book illustrator, he did not do his own engravings. In 1935, he exhibited at the galerie…
Little is known about Juan del Lapiz, a pseudonym that translates to “John of the Pencil” in Spanish, hinting at the artist’s skill with delicate line work. The artist was active circa 1930, a period when illustrated erotica flourished in Europe, particularly in France. Del Lapiz’s anonymity was likely intentional,…
