What’s new
O Mensch! Gib acht!
4th February 2021
If 1920s flappers wearing nothing but silk stockings is your thing, you’ll love this new artist, Ludwig Lutz Ehrenberger. Heartfelt cry from the artist’s own experience or merely an opportunity to exhibit his lesbian fantasies? Judge for yourself – see his work here.
The Scarlet Pimpernel of erotica
3rd February 2021
Today’s new artist is even more elusive than Q (our Anon is much more rewarding!). Who was the prolific ‘Fameni’ of the fertile erotic imagination? Whoever they were, you can see the best online collection of their work here. Can you offer any more clues?
Monica Guevara in The Erotic Review
2nd February 2021
One of our favourite illustrators is Monica Guevara and her trademark minimalist line drawings. We’ve just added all her illustrations from The Erotic Review between 1998 and 2002, and hope you think they’re as brilliant and original as we do – see them all here.
A good reason to stay in bed
1st February 2021
An amuse bouche of a new artist today, the almost-forgotten Gaston Trilleau and his ‘libertine morning’ drawings. Proves that sometimes simplest is best. See him at https://honesterotica.com/illustrator/gaston-trilleau…, and enjoy your morning experimenting with a few simple delights.
Tales of Gallant Ladies
31st January 2021
This new portfolio containing the illustrations from the 1950 two-volume edition of Les dames galantes includes the best-known of Brantôme’s tales, accompanied by sixty of Schem’s (here under his real name of Raoul Serres) best book illustrations. They are very much ‘galante’, gently erotic rather than overtly sexual, but there is just enough naked flesh to whet the imagination! See them all here.
What to do with Willy …
30th January 2021
Our next new artist, the German Fritz Erler, was a man of many parts – war artist and Adolf Hitler portraits but also fascinating sexual caricatures, especially of priapi and women’s response to them. Have a look at https://www.honesterotica.com/illustrator/fritz-erler. Interesting ...
Minotaurs, Hombres and Femmes
29th January 2021
We’ve added a really important new artist, the visionary English illustrator and engraver Michael Ayrton, with his wonderful etchings of the Minotaur and his powerful images for Paul Verlaine’s most erotic verses. Enjoy them all at https://honesterotica.com/illustrator/michael-ayrton…. Take your time to enjoy them!
Japanese erotic art and its two-way influence on Western erotic artists
11th January 2021
Shunga Gallery is a sort of sister resource to Honesterotica – whereas we concentrate on western erotic illustration, Shunga Gallery complements us with a comprehensive resource for Japanese and Japanese-inspired erotic art. The Shunga Gallery website was conceived and created by specialist art… read moreLynn Paula Russell – Retrospective and Sale of Works, 1985–2020
11th January 2021
Lynn Paula Russell is the most-visited artist on the honesterotica website; if you like Paula’s work, and especially if you are interested in buying one of her original works, here is your chance!The gallery she shows her work with, London-based Talisman, is currently hosting an important online… read more
The censorship of erotic art in Germany
10th December 2020
Hans-Jürgen DöppCensorship of art, and especially of erotic art, is a favourite activity of authorities who believe they alone hold the key to public taste and acceptability. In reality censorship tends to be as much about control as about safety, denying creative expression and personal… read more