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Category Archives: Erotic Art
This Nude Life of Janet Cumbrae-Stewart
[Images: Early in the Morning (1924 pastel on paper mounted on board NGA Canberra) Portrait of a Girl with Flowers (1922 pastel 74 cm x 53 cm) Janet Agnes Cumbrae-Stewart was born on 23 December, 1883 in the Melbourne Bayside … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, Erotic Art, Gallery Art, Paintings, Watercolours
Tagged Australian artists, female artists, nudes paintings, pastels
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The Glorio of Loureiro | In the Springtime of His New Moon
[Images: The Spirit of the New Moon (1888), The Spirit of the Southern Cross (1888) and Spring (1891) by Artur Loureiro.] Portuguese painter, Artur José de Sousa Loureiro was born on 11 February 1853, in Porto, Portugal. Lourerio attended the … Continue reading
From Hot Winds to Hayricks, its a Garden Idyll
[Mrs. Conder (Portrait of Stella)], [Garden Idyll (ca.1906) 65.2 cm x 75.5 cm], [Hot Wind (1881) oil on board 29 cm x 75 cm] and [Hayricks in Giverny oil on canvas]. English-born painter, lithographer and designer Charles Edward Conder was … Continue reading
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Tagged aestheticism, Australian artists, Heidelberg School of art
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Adam and Eve or Suzanne and André?
[Adam and Eve (1909) Oil on canvas (162 cm x 131 cm)] Suzanne Valadon (23 September 1865 – 7 April 1938) was a French artists’ model and painter born Marie-Clémentine Valadon at Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienne, in France. She was also the mother … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam and Eve, Andre Utter, Edgar Degas, Maurice Utrillo, Puvis de Chavannes, Renoir, Steinlen, Toulouse-Lautrec
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Bromley’s comely chums
[Three examples of David Bromley’s ‘Female Nude’ series] Australian artist David Bromley was born in Sheffield, England in 1960. As a young boy, he migrated to Australia with his family in 1964. Bromley began his career in Adelaide as a potter, but eventually … Continue reading
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Swede dreams are made of these
Swedish visual artist Lennart Jirlow was born in Stockholm on April 24, 1936. In 1952, Jirlow went to Konstfack and was awarded the youngest student of the year. After Konstfack, Jirlow went abroad on a trip, and visited Holland, France … Continue reading
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Tagged Lennart Jirlow, scenography, Swedish artists
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From Backstage Girl To Lucky In Love
Pulp Fiction paperback publishing did not only happen in America. In the second half of the 20th Century an Australian pulp scene burned brightly with tales of jaded gunshoes, valiant servicemen and women, daring spies, violent youth gangs and bikies. The … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cover Art, Erotic Art, Illustrations, nostalgia
Tagged Cover Art, pulp fiction
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Chloe and The Grasshopper – Two of a Kind
Above Right: “The Grasshopper” (La Cigale) 1872 oil on canvas 186.7 x 123.8cm. This is considered one of Jules Lefebvre’s classic female nudes. It was first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1872 and was accompanied at the Salon’s exhibition … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, Erotic Art, OilPainting, Paintings
Tagged #Melbourne, Chloe, Jules Lefebvre, La Cigale), nude paintings, The Grasshopper, Young & Jackson's Hotel
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The Story of Angélique and the Illustrator
[Above: Book cover for Angélique] These illustrations are from various dust jackets from the “Angélique” series of 13 French historical adventure books, written by the novelist duo Anne and Serge Golon known collectively as ‘Sergeanne Golan’. Some of the titles in this series … Continue reading
There is Nothing Superficial About the Art of Eric Fischl
American painter, sculptor and print-maker Eric Fischl was born in New York City on March 9, 1948. Fischl grew up in suburban Long Island until his family moved to Phoenix, Arizona, in 1967. His artistic education began at Phoenix College, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, DarkArt, Erotic Art, Gallery Art, OilPainting
Tagged American artists, Badboy, Eric Fischl, Sleepwalker
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Victory of Faith – is an Evocative Piece
“The Victory of Faith” (1857 Oil on canvas 123.3 × 200.0 cm) is part of the Melbournian National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) collection. It was painted by Irish artist St. George Hare, who was born on 05 July 1857 in … Continue reading
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Is the Onus on You, Lin or Robyn?
Above: “Robyn” by Lin Onus (1995), synthetic polymer paint on canvas (181x181cm). William McLintock Onus (aka Lin Onus) was born on 4 December 1948 at St. George’s Hospital, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria to William Townsend Onus Sr, Yorta Yorta and Mary … Continue reading
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Tagged #Indigenous artists, #LinOnus, #YortaYorta
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Stanton Deliver… Don’t Run Away, Don’t Run Away…
American bondage and fetish illustrator, cartoonist and comic-book artist; Eric Stanton (Ernest Stanzoni) was born on September 30, 1926 and raised in New York City. He attended the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and began specializing in erotic bondage comics such … Continue reading
Don’t be a bunny… this might be the one-y!
Featured above is “The Sunbath,” (1913) oil on canvas by Australian artist Rupert Charles Wulsten Bunny; who was born on the 29th September 1864. Rupert Bunny achieved success and critical acclaim as an expatriate in fin-de-siècle in Paris and received … Continue reading
How Norimontir Became Aby Altson’s Paradise of The Golden Age
Aby Altson “The Golden Age” (1893) Paris, oil on canvas Aby ‘Farmer ‘Altson was born on 21 August 1866 at Middlesbrough-on-Tees, Yorkshire, England. Altson migrated to Australia from England to join his brother Barnett in 1883 and worked in his … Continue reading
