Wonderful flesh …

21st October 2021

Today the pioneering French artist and sculptor Aristide Maillol joins honesterotica, with his two best book illustration portfolios, Beautiful Flesh and Dialogue of the Courtesans. So simple, yet so erotic – see them all by clicking here.

Renaissance revelry and nunnery naughtiness

20th October 2021

A delightful and colourful new portfolio for you all today from the Croatian artist Milivoj Uzelac, his illustrations for a 1950 edition of Poggio Bracciolini’s ribald tales from the fifteenth century. Devious monks and naughty nuns abound! They can all be found here.

Creativity in a commercially-sexualised culture

19th October 2021

Today’s new artist, the Austrian Adolf Frohner, explored the creative boundary between advertising images, soft porn, and original art inspired by them, with fascinating results – see his work now by clicking here.

The ultimate orgy?

18th October 2021

A special collection of 1930s paintings today – all 80 watercolours from The Dresden Album, a unique insight into the sexual fantasies of the Weimar era. The mystery artist Izvrasaki certainly had a fertile imagination, and not a little artistic talent! See the whole portfolio now by clicking here.

The inimitable Sylvie

16th October 2021

Anyone who remembers the glory days of The Erotic Review in the late 1990s will recognise the unmistakable artwork of young Sylvie Jones, who quickly became a mainstay of the magazine and its related publications. See Sylvie’s work now by clicking here, and enjoy!

Scary or exciting?

15th October 2021

Today’s new artist is the German sculptor and printmaker Otto Paul Rost, with his 1925 portfolio of stark black and white images Lyzeum. If you didn’t know, you might think they were created in the 60s or 70s. See what you think – see them by clicking here.

Big is beautiful – and sexy!

12th October 2021

An important and instantly recognisable new artist for you today – the renowned Colombian figurative painter of plus-size people Fernando Botero, but with his little-known 2014 portfolio Boterosutra. The title says it all! See all fifty drawings now at by clicking here.

Intimate encounters

6th October 2021

Today’s new artist, Paul Dandin, is a complete mystery. Did he exist, is it a nom d’artiste? All we have is a 1938 portfolio of explicit and well-imagined sexual encounters. See them now by clicking here and see what you think.

My favourite lover …

1st October 2021

Back from a week away in stormy Scotland, with a new portfolio from Erich Godal – his inspired etchings in honour of a favourite muse and lover called Jo. See Dedicated to Jo now by clicking here and enjoy his skill and imagination.

Classic advice for lovers

21st September 2021

A special treat today for all you Bécat lovers, not one but two new suites of colour illustrations to accompany Aretino’s Les Ragionamenti, dialogues about how best to please your lover. The 1944 suite is here, and the 1953 set of etchings here. Enjoy!