~ 1898 – 1963 Laffitte was a Spanish cartoonist and illustrator. His biography is quite incomplete. He was born in Barcelona where his father, Casimiro Canalejo Soler, an official in the Telegraph Corps, had settled when he remarried Carmen Sierra Laffitte in 1894. When she became…
Mario Laboccetta
~ 1899 – 1988 The pseudonym Marilac was used by Italian artists Mario Laboccetta for who I was unable to find a proper bio in English. So I tried to translate from Italian. He was born in Naples and became famous in Paris. During the…
Paul Kamm
~ 1891 – After 1935 Born in Berlin, Germany, he was a visionary illustrator and artist whose provocative works captured the underground allure of FemDom and BDSM themes during the Weimar era. Also known by his birth name Paul Klamm and the enigmatic pseudonym C. Soulier, Kamm’s oeuvre,…
J.R
~ 1896 – ? J. R or F.R was a vintage artist, probably French, who illustrated the spanking novel La Grande Amie by Aimé Van Rod, published in 1914 by Librairie Artistique et Édition Parisienne Réunies. There is no other info known for this artist.…
Swiss Jim
~ 1918 – 1964 Pseudonym for a Swiss/French Artist, referred to as ‘Swiss Jim’ (so this artist might not be confused with the other ‘German’ Jim)He also used the pseudonym Gil. There is nearly nothing known for this artist, a collector knew he was originally…
Gaston Hoffmann
~ 1883 – 1960 There is not much to be found about artist Gaston Hoffman who’s most famous artworks is a satire on medical subjects and for ‘Scandale au Pictoire’. It shows a panel of judges “scandalized” by something they are viewing. I assume it…
Francis Heuber
~ date of birth unknown There is nothing to learn about Francis Heuber other then the fact that this artist illustrated the book Painful Pleasures. This book was privately printed (1500 copies) for collectors by Gargoyle Press in 1931 1 album/16 artworks To view premium…
Charles Hirlemann
~ Date of birth unknown Charles Hirlemann was a French artist who signed his works C. Ch Hirlemann or, sometimes identified as “G. Hirlemann” in some library catalogs, but it is a mistake (the Ch was mistaken for a G). The book The Case of…