~ 1910 – 1991 Gaston Barret entered the world in 1910, stepping into the electric haze of the 1920s—a decade where art pulsed with both promise and shadow. The early 20th century’s bold innovations ripened during his youth, as the 1920s and ’30s saw trailblazing…
~ First published in 1906 The book Les Batteuses d’Hommes was written by Léopold von Sacher-Masoch and published by Jean Fort. I found two illustrated versions: Album 1 by Gaston Noury (1906) Album 2 by Victor Spahn (1909) 2 albums/23 artworksLatest Update: March 23, 2025 ->…
~ 1909 – 1988 Johannes Hendrikus (Joop) Moesman 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…
~ First published in 1870 The Romance of Chastisement is a Victorian pornographic collection. It explores the theme of flagellation. St George Stock, a probable pseudonym, is credited with The Whippingham Papers. The collection was published by John Camden Hotten in 1866. William Lazenby reprinted…
~ 1884 – 1950 Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann was a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer. Although he is classified as an Expressionist artist, he rejected both the term and the movement.In the 1920s, he was associated with the New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit). This…
~ First published in 1913/1914 Petite dactylo is a French spanking novel by Pierre Dumarchey, published under his pen name Sadie Blackeyes. It was first published in 1913 or 1914 by Jean Fort in Paris. The novel’s title translates to “Little Typist”, and the frontispiece…
~ 1879 – 1880 The Pearl: A Magazine of Facetiae and Voluptuous Reading was a pornographic monthly magazine issued in London during the mid-Victorian period by William Lazenby. It was closed down by the British authorities for violating contemporary standards of obscenity. The Pearl ran…
Glen was a prominent illustrator of underground fetish comics for Peerless Sales in the late 1950s and early 1960s, producing over 250 erotic booklet-style prints featuring mixed fights and BDSM themes. Despite his significant impact on this clandestine scene, Glen’s true identity remains unknown, shrouded in mystery alongside his contemporaries.