There is a book I very much like to bring to your attention. For four years Richard Perez worked on this book, and now it is for sale. This illustrated biography of John Alexander Scott Coutts—known worldwide as “John Willie”—captures the life of one of…
A few days ago I stumbled across a coloured artwork that felt oddly familiar. It turned out to be a coloured remake of an original piece by Wighead, and the subtle alterations opened a whole new layer of meaning. The Original Sketch – Wighead’s Curvy…
Cross-dressing is the act of wearing items of clothing not commonly associated with one’s sex. Cross-dressing has been used for purposes of disguise, comfort, and self-expression in modern times and throughout history. Almost every human society throughout history has had expected norms for each gender relating to…
~ 1874 – 1944 Edmond Malassis 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…
This artist illustrated a publication for Irving Klaw titled Prisoned Woman. 1 album/5 artworks To view premium content you need to login Make sure that you are logged in as premium member to view and download all artworks. Select one of the options that applies…
~ 1895 – 1961 Marcel Vèrtes was a French costume designer and illustrator of Hungarian-Jewish origins. He won two Academy Awards (Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design) for his work on the 1952 film Moulin Rouge. He was born and raised in Budapest, during the interwar years he lived in Paris…
Erotic art depicting flagellation dates back to the pornographic fresco paintings of ancient Rome, particularly Pompeii. But the first mass-produced corporal punishment erotica began with the illustrated flagellation and spanking novels that flooded the underground book market in Europe and America in the late 19th century.…
~ 1924 – 1988 Tsuyoshi Yoshida known by the pen name Go Mishima (三島剛, Mishima Go), was a Japanese homoerotic fetish artist and founder of the magazine Sabu. Mishima was born in 1924 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. At 18, he was drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army, where he had his first homosexual…