Part of my Nude Erotic Postcard Collection

Hi All,
I've had a number of requests for some more of my Erotic Postcard Collection. So here are some of my artistic nude pin-up postcards for your viewing pleasure, some nice female/female spanking postcards below. I hope you like them. Please leave a comment.

Summary of Erotic Literature by Obelisk & Olympia Press

Hi Everyone,
In this discussion I would like to speak briefly about the publishing giants of Paris in the early 1900's, Obelisk & Olympia Press.
Obelisk Press was created by Jack Kehane, the man that brought us treasures like "The Tropic of Cancer" and the erotic stories of Anais Anin. Jack also published James Joyce when other publishing houses refused to print his risqué stories. The Obelisk Press built a reputation for printing works that other companies were too scared to touch. At that time erotica was very taboo and mostly kept underground.
Jack had a son called Maurice who decided to take his mothers name Girodias, Maurice controlled the Olympia Press and brought us the wonderful stories from Lolita to The Gingerman and Candy to Story of O. Girodias, although a brave publisher, wasn't a great businessman his "easy-going" view of paying (or not paying) his writers eventually caused the failure of his fantastic empire, but not before he gave the world a number of, now famous, erotic literature.

Let me know your thoughts?

2013 A New Year of Erotica - Summary of 2012

Hi All,
Well, what a fantastic year it was last year! And I hope this year will be even better. Over the last 12 months we covered a multitude of material, from Artists to Illustrators and postcards to Authors. The support for my new blog has been amazing and I have all of you to thank for that. So make sure if you have a subject you want discussed or a particular Artist/Author/Item......Just let me know, I'm more than happy to keep you happy ;)

Over the next few months I have planned to cover an article on the famous "Olympia Press" and it's colourful creator along with some of it's even more colourful Authors/Titles. I also must return to one or two Aritsts of which I promised some of you would make an appearence on my blog.

In addition........your humble requests to showcase some of my own Erotica Collection will be answered. I'm not a professional Collector but I have a strong interest in any form of Vintage Erotica. If you would like to share some of your own Collections, please do, the more selection we have - the spicyer the articles.

I hope to have your support throughout 2013 as I did in 2012 and remember....there is no such thing as a silly suggestion/comment, all will be considered and most, actioned. Hope to hear from you soon.

Thank you to All my American and North American Friends

I would like to write this quick post just to thank all my American and North American friends. This blog wouldn't be the same without your kind comments, suggestions and support. I will make an extra effort in the New Year to encompass more American based Erotic artists and writers.
Again......THANK YOU, all my American friends.

Above is a vintage poster used in the Vietnam War.

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year

Thank you so much to all my Blogger viewing friends for all your kind comments, words and interesting questions within the year that was 2012.
It makes me so happy to be in contact with so many like-minded individuals and lovers of Vintage Erotica.
To all you Lovely Ladies and Generous Gentlemen.....I THANK YOU!
I can only hope my page is equally successful in 2013, I will do my very best to continue providing information on great Erotic Artists and every now & then I'll drop in a post from my very own collection.
I will hopefully hear from you all in the New Year.
This is a NOT-SO-VINTAGE post LOL. I hope all you die hards don't mind. Chat Soon.

For the Gents........or Ladies!

For the Ladies........or Gents!

For Everyone!!!!

Martin Van Maele : A man of Erotic Literature

Martin Van Maele was born in 1863 in France and was renowned for his work in the field of Erotic Literature.

Little is known about this elusive character and if it wasn't for the generous bounty of work in the Erotic genre we may have never have heard of him. His legacy could have lay in the cobwebs of some tired old Library, Alas, this is not the case.

Some believe this talented, shy, unassuming Gentleman studied under one of my favorite Illustrators, Félicien Rops. Polar opposites in terms of character and although I can't say for sure that Maele was Rops' apprentice there are some similarities between their work.

The colour, shading and detail from the illustration above has a strong Rops "feel" for me, not to mention the content. Rops made no excuses when it came to his demonic depictions and Maele seems to have tested this  realm himself as seen below. (Notice the tail and hooves of the "man" entertaining his guest.)

His imagination covered the ink-filled pages of his dim workstations of Paris and Brussels and he made his name as one of the Illustrators of his day which could have been helped along by his association with Rops.

Maele sometimes used the pseudonym of A. Van Troizem to protect his parents (incidently, his Father was an engraver) as most artists of their time did. This was a normal undertaking for artistic individuals who had a.....talent, for the more risque side of the illustrative art.

The French Illustrator died on September 5th 1926 aged 62 and his art from that year on became more sought after with every passing decade.

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Franz Von Bayros - The Illustrator

Franz Von Bayros was an Austrian illustrator and commercial artist, born in Zagreb in 1866. He had a very colourful career which started at the age of 17 with his entry into Vienna Academy.

Von Bayros had a number of artistic interests in the Erotica field including phantasmagoric imagery, Lesbienism, Masturbation (with instruments) - some of these art subjects I may return to at a later date. This post however I would like to introduce his art intrest.........Beastiality.

Even today this subject is enough to make one plead ignorance to the existence of such a practise, probably because of the historical religious rules within many religions. However it can't go unnoticed with the field of art even if it is not as blatantly obvious in other forms of art of the day.

Beastiality has long been contained within Folklore, Myth and Legend as with the Greek Myth of "Leda and the Swan" and it was even accepted in some ancient cultures. It must be stated that Beastiality  is illegal in most countries and condoned in none (that are known to me) and Artists like Franz used the issue for shock or artistic interpretation.

Animals have been a very important part of storytelling since man could represent themselves on cave walls and on to Mythology where the Gods often appeared (and seduced earthly women) as various animals. Artists, like Von Bayros, often called upon these legendary fables as insperation and also as a hidden meaning.

Some Art is just, well, Beastiality in it's rawest form and Franz was not afraid to hold back.

Known as the first ever fetish Artist, Von Bayros was a fan of another renowned erotic Artist, Aubrey Beardsley (subject of a future post so please check back) and wanted to follow in Aubrey's Art Nouveau footsteps.

Franz was so controversial, he was extradited from Germany back to his adopted homeland of Vienna, Austria. Von Bayros finally parted this planet from a cerebral hemorrhage on April 3rd 1924.

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