Bondage

Beautiful vintage illustrations of rope, restraints, captivity and elegant helplessness.

  • Felicien Rops

    Félicien Joseph Victor Rops (1833 – 1898) was a Belgian artist, celebrated above all as a master printmaker specializing in etching and aquatint. He is renowned for his provocative drawings that fuse intense eroticism with Satanic and macabre themes. Rops also holds historical importance as a pioneer in Belgian comics….

  • Victor Spahn

    Victor Spahn provided illustrations for French femdom flagellant novels released by Jean Fort during the early 20th century, a notable period for French spanking literature. He is sometimes mistaken for a contemporary French artist sharing the same name (born in 1949). Books illustrated by Spahn that are featured in the…

  • O. Ridrik

    Another artist who remains a mystery. Signing the artworks with O. Ridrik (or Ridrick) this name is also connected to signature Y.Vanoff. If this is the same artist I am not sure about.Finding art from this artist is very challenging. Over time, I was able to find more art and…

  • E. Klem

    Eugene Klementieff – Evgenii Klementiev – (1901 – 1985) was a Russian painter and illustrator who grew up in St Petersburg. He moved to Paris early in 1930. He was a famous artist, designer, and illustrator who used the signature E.Klem, or just E.K. Sometimes he did not use a…

  • Wighead

    Wighead ( 1896 – 1982) was an illustrator of femdom/femsub BDSM/spanking novels in the 1930s. Over the years I have seen more artwork that can be connected to Wighead, someone once told me that drawings with the signature E.K were not from Wighead but from Eugene Klementieff. Since I am…