Dark vintage erotica: twisted, mysterious and often disturbing fetish drawings.
Max Ernst (1891 – 1976) was a German (naturalised American in 1948 and French in 1958) painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and surrealism. He had no formal artistic training, but his experimental attitude toward the making of…
Helmuth Stockmann was a draftsman, caricaturist and illustrator. He illustrated numerous books in the twenties, including new editions by E.T.A. Hoffmann and Diderot, also many erotic (and some at that time controversial and forbidden) works. His works were featured in the war leaflets (published by P. Cassirer), among others. published…
For years I had one page dedicated to ‘Lany-R and Sao-Chang’ I wasn’t sure if they were two separate artists. Recently I discovered some books that showed only Sao-Chang’s name as artists so I decided to create two pages. To view Lany-R go here. The artist Sao-Chang also co-illustrated together…
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….
Bruno Schulz (1892 – 1942) was born in Drohobycz (now Drogobych, Ukraine), a small town in Galicia, into a Jewish family. The area was then part of the Austrian Empire. His father run a clothing shop, but left it to the care of his wife due to his poor health….
Sadie Maso (sometimes spelled Sadie Mazo) remains one of the most fascinating figures in the underground world of 1930s–1950s French erotic illustration. Sadie was a pseudonym, likely belonging to a man (though I’d love it if a real femme fatale had been behind that pen) and worked in the shadows…