Beautiful vintage illustrations of rope, restraints, captivity and elegant helplessness.
This enigmatic artist, signed in a way that can be read as either A.W or R.W (and in some older references possibly R.O), remains one of the most intriguing mysteries in vintage fetish and BDSM illustration. As a non-expert in deciphering signatures from this period, I find it genuinely difficult…
Gerda Marie Fredrikke Wegener.née Gottlieb (1886 – 1940) was a Danish illustrator and painter. Wegener is known for her fashion illustrations and later her paintings that pushed the boundaries of gender and love of her time. These works were classified as Lesbian erotica at times and many were inspired by…
The only thing known for this artist is the book Au Domaine de L’Epouvantale Volupté, written by J. van Styk, published ca 1930 and mentioned Diana Domina as artist. Please log in to view the full page To view all galleries and artworks please login of register if you are…
Mahlon Blaine (1894 – 1969) is known for Illustrator-books, fantasy genre, there are many stories floating about this artist based on false biographies. A childhood accident left the artist blind in his left eye, an accident that contributes to the flattened perspective that marks his work. Blaine however alleged to…
Adolfo Mariño Ruiz (1912 – ?), also known as simply Ruiz, was born in Tampico. He studied art and architecture and drew his first comics and cartoons in 1935 for Mujeres y Deportes (sports cartoons) and Paquito (‘Charros del BajÃo’). In the following year, he was present in PaquÃn with…
A. Jardin was a (probably French) spanking artist who worked for Librairie Franco-Anglaise as an illustrator of spanking novels using the pseudonyms Sergisky and Siva. Sadly enough I could only find very little of the artworks that were done by this artist. Books with bdsm illustrations by A. Jardin presented in gallery below: Please log in to view the full page To view all…