1930s Art

Joues cramoisies translates into English as “Crimson Cheeks” and that is exactly what this portfolio of illustrations is about. The whip, the tawse and hand spanking are used in the highlands of Scotland.

Illustrations for Gamiani by André Collot – Gamiani is one of the most frequently illustrated of French erotic novels and thanks to a private commission, Collot gave us his version in 1933.

FavoriteCuir & Peau by Rene Giffey Cuir & Peau translates to ‘Leather & Skin’. This set of 21 illustrations is from 1934, and depicts fetish punishment with a great deal …

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The Dresden Album is a set of eighty paintings done in pen and ink, watercolor, and gouache, bound together in one album that originated in Dresden in the early 1930s.

In Sevérités Perverses by Carlo (1934) a young lady named Julie enters the training establishment of Berthe de Z—. This finishing school uses extreme measures to prepare young ladies for the rigors of a life in society.

La Reine Cravache (The Whip Queen) (1932) was a collaboration between Alan Mac Clyde and the illustrator Carlo. It features Lola, Queen of the Whips, other female dominants, and the legendary Whip Fair.

Dressage features numerous Female Dominants, one mature Male Dominant and several submissive young men who are trained in the arts of feminization and submission, both heterosexual and homosexual.

Les Quat’ Jeudis  (The Four Thursdays) by Bernard Montorgueil is a classic of Female Dominance and male submission. It dates from 1930. It has eleven illustrations.

The Book of Lust was written by Pierre Lacombiére circa 1930. The twelve illustrations shown here are by an unknown contemporaneous artist, assumed to be Grimaudin.