Woman to woman

7th August 2021

With a little help from our friends, we’ve managed to complete the portfolios for May den Engelsen, powerful images of lesbian intimacy from the 1920s. See them all now here. A woman ahead of her time.

Sex and death

6th August 2021

Today we have added three important portfolios for the French surrealist André Masson, including his powerful engravings for his close friend Georges Bataille’s famous transgressive stories Histoire de l’oeil (Story of the Eye) and Le mort (The Dead Man). They can be seen here. Be moved …

A little French dressing?

5th August 2021

Two new portfolios today from the stylish French illustrator Sylvain Sauvage – the Parisian demi-monde of a young man’s experiences of Parisian hotels, which you can see here, and Love Lessons in a Park, which are here. Lose yourself in an erotic French setting!

The one and only Sardax

4th August 2021

The one so many of you have been waiting for, considered by many to be the world’s best-known contemporary illustrators of female dominance. Yes, Sardax comes to honesterotica, with many great examples of his work – see them all now by clicking here.

The innocent mid-1950s

1st August 2021

Head for Anon 1950s today, where there are three new portfolios, two by the same artist as Ambre la précoce (Moineau de Paris and Les débordements de Michou), and a charming colourful series called L’amour à plusieurs – enough love for everyone! Click here and explore …

Maurice de Becque

31st July 2021

Today’s new artist is Maurice de Becque, a highly-talented engraver and illustrator, who took enormous pains to produce highly-detailed work. Take your time to explore his wonderful portfolios here.

Coming of age

30th July 2021

A rather strange and rare oddity of clandestine 1950s publishing today, the set-piece semi-photographic images from a text about the exploits of a group of proto-teenagers. See Ambre la Précoce now by clicking here. Was it like this for you?

The happy life

30th July 2021

An important new artist today – Henry Monnier, the French equivalent of Cruikshank and Rowlandson, working in the 1820s on delicately-coloured engravings showing that sexual exploration was just as much on people’s minds then as now. Enjoy his work by clicking here.

Kitsch or cool?

26th July 2021

Some people like his work, others think he’s just borderline-porn kitsch. We tend towards the latter, but the jury is out, and we’ve just added three more portfolios for Édouard Chimot which you can see here. Let us know what you think.

The ultimate Paris-noir

24th July 2021

With the help of a Russian friend, we have now added all of Nicole Claveloux’s wonderful dark illustrations for Confessions d’un monte-a-l’aire. What an artist, what imagination! See them all here and marvel.