In extremis

19th July 2025

We shall probably never know the true identity of Marquis, whose finely-detailed pencil drawings, mostly of naked men in a variety of BDSM settings, appeared on Tumblr in 2012, but you can see all of them now by clicking here.

Gay celebrations

8th July 2025

Today’s new artist, the Italian Marco Zagato, depicts the eroticism and spontaneous lustfulness of his characters in his own distinctive way of celebrating men’s beauty, desires and dreams. See Marco’s work now by clicking here.

Are we nearly there?

6th July 2025

It’s hard to believe that there is still more Bécat artwork out there to share, but there is. Today we bring you his 1950 illustrations for a five-volume luxury edition of the best-known works of Voltaire – fewer opportunities for naked flesh than usual, but every one taken! See them all now by clicking here.

Breaking free

4th July 2025

One of our favourite contemporary artists, Jan van Rijn, has now produced a new, more sumptuous, version of his Querida, the story of a woman who oscillates between her existence as a wooden marionette and as a human. See the new Querida portfolio now by clicking here.

Come up and see my etchings …

2nd July 2025

Today’s new artist, Martin Erich Philipp, produced an extensive portfolio of erotic bookplates and etchings, demonstrating his mastery of the medium and his fearlessness when it came to explicit imagery – not to mention his humour. See his work now by clicking here.

Très risqué …

22nd June 2025

The French artist Georges Mouton was known in polite circles for his portraits and scenes of Algerian life, but for select clients he produced watercolours and small cards with lots of sexual congress, plus voyeurism, spanking, group sex and orgies. See his work now by clicking here.

In the Time to Come

20th June 2025

Today’s new artist is American Mark Price, with his imaginative exploration of a brave new world of sex, gender and relationship fluidity, made possible through art in a way that isn’t quite so easy in real world interactions. See Mark’s work now by clicking here.

More Bécat …

17th June 2025

Yes, even more of the wonderful Paul-Émile Bécat! Today’s new portfolios – we’ve added his 1947 Les Baisers (Kisses) and the 1959 Lettres de la Marquise – Les Baisers are here and the Marchionesse’s love letters here. Fifty-four Bécat works down, around a dozen still to go! Enjoy …

The realm of Eros

15th June 2025

‘In the realm of the erotic, Klaus Böttger’s art is the most accomplished that I have ever seen,’ wrote Oliver Maitland in the foreword to Böttger’s 1999 portfolio Eros & Thanatos. We have all of these plus his earlier work, all of which you can see by clicking here. See what you think.

Brave new world

13th June 2025

Something a bit light and witty for you all today – Joseph Hémard’s risqué tongue-in-cheek illustrated Géographie, a primer for 20-60-year-olds about France and the wider world. Amazing that it was written in 1928, nearly a hundred years ago. See it now by clicking here.