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We have just published a tribute to the great erotic art collector and scholar Hans-Jürgen Döpp, whose death has left a great void. Hans-Jürgen was a great friend of honesterotica, and contributed many important and rare portfolios. See our tribute now at www.honesterotica.com/themes-topic....
Today we bring you Jean Traynier’s 1943 illustrations for Prosper Mérimée’s famous tale of the beautiful and fiercely independent Carmen, the woman who values personal freedom above all else. See Traynier’s interpretation of this famous story now at www.honesterotica.com/portfolios/5....
At a time of growing concern about online child safety we are very aware of how we approach children in art, and have added an important article – The difficult mirror: artists, childhood, and the challenge of looking – at www.honesterotica.com/themes-topic.... Read it and see what you think.
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A new contribution today from the great Anon, a set of 1932 German prints to accompany Pietro Aretino’s 1543 Conversations, specifically the one about the downsides of becoming a nun. You can see Die sündigen Klosterschwestern at honesterotica.com/portfolios/5... (but we blame the friars).
accompany Pietro Aretino’s 1543 Conversations, specifically the one about the downsides of becoming a nun. You can see Die sündigen Klosterschwestern at honesterotica.com/portfolios/5... (but we blame the friars).
A new contribution today from the great Anon, a set of 1932 German prints to accompany Pietro Aretino’s 1543 Conversations, specifically the one about the downsides of becoming a nun. You can see Die sündigen Klosterschwestern now at www.honesterotica.com/portfolios/5... (but we blame the friars).
Today’s new artist is the French illustrator Pierre Adrien Ekman, with his dark 1947 series for Baudelaire’s infamous Pièces Condamnées (The Condemned Poems), written in 1857 but banned for nearly a century. See Ekman’s work at honesterotica.com/illustrator/... and honesterotica.com/portfolios/5....
Today’s new artist is the French illustrator Pierre Adrien Ekman, with his dark 1947 series for Baudelaire’s infamous Pièces Condamnées (The Condemned Poems), written in 1857 but banned for nearly a century. See it at www.honesterotica.com/illustrator/... and www.honesterotica.com/portfolios/5....
A new art deco portfolio today from the master of the style Umberto Brunelleschi – his 1948 plates for an edition of Voltaire’s L’Ingénu, about a young American native transplanted to C18 France. Painted a year before Brunelleschi died, see them now at www.honesterotica.com/portfolios/5....
One of our favourite artists is the French art deco illustrator Charles Martin, and today we have two new portfolios, his plates for Alfred de Musset’s complete works at honesterotica.com/portfolios/5..., and for François Villon’s medieval world at honesterotica.com/portfolios/5.... What a feast!
One of our favourite artists is the French art deco illustrator Charles Martin, and today we have two new portfolios, his plates for Alfred de Musset’s complete works at www.honesterotica.com/portfolios/5..., and for François Villon’s medieval world at www.honesterotica.com/portfolios/5.... A feast!
Today’s new artist is the multi-talented Greek painter Rena Tzolakis, with two very different portfolios – limpid watercolours for Les Fleurs du Mal, and stylish rococo wood engravings for La Belle Allemande. See Tzolakis’s work now at honesterotica.com/illustrator/....
Today’s new artist is the multi-talented Greek painter Rena Tzolakis, with two very different portfolios – limpid watercolours for Les Fleurs du Mal, and stylish rococo wood engravings for La Belle Allemande. See Tzolakis’s work now at www.honesterotica.com/illustrator/....
Today’s new artist, Constant Le Breton, only produced one erotic portfolio, but it’s a very striking 1925 set of wood engravings to accompany Musset’s famous ‘threesome’ narrative Gamiani. See the artist and the portfolio now at honesterotica.com/illustrator/... and honesterotica.com/portfolios/5...
Today’s new artist, Constant Le Breton, only produced one erotic portfolio, but it’s a very striking 1925 set of wood engravings to accompany Musset’s famous ‘threesome’ narrative Gamiani. See artist and portfolio at www.honesterotica.com/illustrator/... and www.honesterotica.com/portfolios/5....
Not many people know that the earliest poem in English about lesbian love is John Donne’s Sapho to Philaenis from around 1590, a sensual, thoughtful poem just waiting to be illustrated – but it never has been. Maybe you could be the first! Read about it now at www.honesterotica.com/blog/sixteen....
The Hungarian artist and theatre designer István Básthy only ever produced one erotic portfolio, but it’s a good one! Read all about him, and see his 1928 Die zwei Witwen (The Two Widows) now, at honesterotica.com/illustrator/... and honesterotica.com/portfolios/5....
The Hungarian artist and theatre designer István Básthy only ever produced one erotic portfolio, but it’s a good one! Read all about him, and see his 1928 Die zwei Witwen (The Two Widows) now, at www.honesterotica.com/illustrator/... and www.honesterotica.com/portfolios/5....
Clitandre comes to Cidalise’s chamber to discuss his relationship problems; she’s surprised, but warms to the subject as she is having similar issues. See Antoine Calbet’s 1935 illustrations to this famous eighteenth-century romp, La Nuit et le Moment, at www.honesterotica.com/portfolios/5....
Today we bring you Jacques Touchet’s best portfolio, his 1941 illustrations for the tales of La Fontaine. Okay, not so much naked flesh this time round, but what amazing colours and great compositions! See them all now at honesterotica.com/portfolios/5....
Today we bring you Jacques Touchet’s best portfolio, his 1941 illustrations for the tales of La Fontaine. Okay, not so much naked flesh this time round, but what amazing colours and great compositions! See them all now at www.honesterotica.com/portfolios/5....
Xavier Saint-Justh (not his real name) only produced one erotic portfolio, to illustrate the Marquis de Sade’s ‘Crimes of Love’, but what a stunning and intelligent portfolio! Read about the artist and the work at honesterotica.com/illustrator/... and honesterotica.com/portfolios/5....
Xavier Saint-Justh (not his real name) only produced one erotic portfolio, to illustrate the Marquis de Sade’s ‘Crimes of Love’, but what a stunning and intelligent portfolio! Read about the artist and the work at www.honesterotica.com/illustrator/... and www.honesterotica.com/portfolios/5....
Today’s collection of Picasso erotic drawings was used in 1962 to illustrate a new edition of Lucian’s Dialogues of the Courtesans. It includes the neoclassical linearity of his 1920s work and the freer line of later decades – you can see them all now at honesterotica.com/portfolios/5....
Today’s collection of Picasso erotic drawings was used in 1962 to illustrate a new edition of Lucian’s Dialogues of the Courtesans. It includes the neoclassical linearity of his 1920s work and the freer line of later decades – you can see them all now at www.honesterotica.com/portfolios/5....
There’s something about Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil) that has inspired many artists’ most remarkable work, and today we bring you Alméry Lobel-Riche’s compelling and very personal 1923 portfolio of engravings. See it now at honesterotica.com/portfolios/5....
There’s something about Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil) that has captured many artists’ most remarkable work, and today we bring you Alméry Lobel-Riche’s compelling and very personal 1923 portfolio of engravings. See it now at www.honesterotica.com/portfolios/5....
Today’s new artist is the Italian fantastical/macabre surrealist Carlo Farneti, and his powerful illustrations for Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal. See his work now at honesterotica.com/illustrator/... and honesterotica.com/portfolios/5....
Today’s new artist is the Italian fantastical/macabre surrealist Carlo Farneti, and his powerful illustrations for Baudelaire’ Les Fleurs du Mal. See his work now at www.honesterotica.com/illustrator/... and www.honesterotica.com/portfolios/5....