First of all I like to wish everyone Happy Easter. I have a few updates to inform you about and to celebrate this Easter I created a free gallery and am offering a special discount on two subscriptions.
Hartmut von Altrock
~ 1931 – 2014 German painter and printmaker Hartmut von Altrock, born in Breslau and later based in Berlin and the French Auvergne, is best known to the wider art world for his delicate cityscapes, intimate interiors, and flower still-lifes.Under the pseudonym Max von Strauch,…
Francois d’Albignac
~ 1903 – 1958 François d’Albignac was born in 1903 to a well-off French family. From 1921 to 1925, he studied at Paris’s School of Decorative Arts under Pierre Seguin, picking up awards for his drawings and watercolors. His early work captured the glamour of…
Gaston Barret
~ 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…
Les batteuses d’hommes
~ 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 ->…
Joop Moesman
~ 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…
The Romance of Chastisement
~ 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…
Max Beckmann
~ 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…