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James Gillray (1756–1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker, widely regarded as the father of the political cartoon. Born in Chelsea, London, he trained at the Royal Academy Schools and initially worked as an engraver before finding his calling in satirical prints. His sharp-witted, often provocative etchings targeted political figures, royalty, and social mores of late 18th- and early 19th-century Britain, blending grotesque humor with … Continue reading James Gilray
Elisàr August Emanuel von Kupffer (1872–1942), the Baltic-German painter-poet who signed as Elisarion, wove BDSM motifs into a utopian philosophy he called Clarism—a celebration of male beauty, spiritual transcendence, and sacred dominance. His androgynous ephebes, bound in silken cords or kneeling before radiant masters, pulse with Symbolist ecstasy rather than mere punishment. he whip is the scepter of the soul that awakens the sleeping god … Continue reading Elisàr August Emanuel von Kupffer
Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky (1891–1970), who signed his erotic work simply as Rojan, fled Bolshevik Russia to become one of the 1930s Paris underground’s most prolific fetish illustrators. With a bold, almost cartoonish line and saturated gouache hues, he turned flagellation, petticoat discipline, and nursery domination into playful, high-society satire. A rosy bottom is the only honest blush left in modern Paris Rojan, caption beneath a … Continue reading Feodor Stepanovich “Rojan” Rojankovsky
