Henri Jules Ferdinand Bellery Desfontaines (1867 - 1910) ...The Flame, charcoal and pastel on paper

Richard Roland Holst (1868-1938) .., Lucifer, a coloured lithographed poster 1910

Raoul Dal Molin Ferenzona (1879 -1946) ... Uriel, torch of God, 1943.

Alberto Martini (1876-1954)... illustration for Edgar Allan Poe Poem

“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? - Edgar Allan Poe (1809- 1849)

image: Illustration for Edgar Allan Poe Poem by Alberto Martini (1876-1954)

Jef Van Tuerenhout (1926-2006) ...etching, Lilith 2 1979

Maurice Lalau (1881-1961) ... lithograph, Illustration for Aloysius Bertrand, Gaspard de la Nuit 1943

Maurice Lalau (1881-1961) ... illustration for Le Chariot d'Or - Symphonie Heroique by Albert Samain 1926

Jan Konůpek (1883-1950) ...Composition , drawing 1930

Chris Lebeau (1878 - 1945)... Skull, Chalk and charcoal on paper, gouache 1917

André Lambert (1884-1929)... Dix sujets aimables dans le goût antique 1916

Thomas Theodor Heine (1867-1948)... Sea Creatures date unknown

Mahlon Blaine... Garden of Eden... 1956

Garden of Eden, 1956. Mixed media on board

William T. Horton... 1907

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Charles Rickett... poster... 1920...satyr

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Poster advertising The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy c1920

                                         

Amid this scene of bodies substantive
       Strange waves I sight like winds grown visible,
       Which bear men's forms on their innumerous coils,
       Twining and serpenting round and through.
       Also retracting threads like gossamers—
       Except in being irresistible—
       Which complicate with some, and balance all.

Thomas Hardy 

Satty... The illustrated Edgar Allan Poe

another scan from a favourite book ....

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Yet, for a while I saw; but how terrible an

Exaggeration! I saw the lips of the Black-Robed Judges.

The Pit and the Pendulum ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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Rolf Schott (1891-1977)... illustration...

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LOVER IN ALL SHAPES.

To be like a fish,
Brisk and quick, is my wish;
If thou cam'st with thy line.
Thou wouldst soon make me thine.
To be like a fish,
Brisk and quick, is my wish. 

Oh, were I a steed!
Thou wouldst love me indeed.
Oh, were I a car
Fit to bear thee afar!
Oh, were I a steed!
Thou wouldst love me indeed. 

I would I were gold
That thy fingers might hold!
If thou boughtest aught then,
I'd return soon again.
I would I were gold
That thy fingers might hold! 

I would I were true,
And my sweetheart still new!
To be faithful I'd swear,
And would go away ne'er.
I would I were true,
And my sweetheart still new! 

I would I were old,
And wrinkled and cold,
So that if thou said'st No,
I could stand such a blow!
I would I were old,
And wrinkled and cold. 

An ape I would be,
Full of mischievous glee;
If aught came to vex thee,
I'd plague and perplex thee.
An ape I would be,
Full of mischievous glee

As a lamb I'd behave,
As a lion be brave,
As a lynx clearly see,
As a fox cunning be.
As a lamb I'd behave,
As a lion be brave.

Whatever I were,
All on thee I'd confer;
With the gifts of a prince
My affection evince.
Whatever I were,
All on thee I'd confer. 

As nought diff'rent can make me,
As I am thou must take me!
If I'm not good enough,
Thou must cut thine own stuff.
As nought diff'rent can make me,
As I am thou must take me!

                                

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1815.*

Una Gildea... collages... Tales of Seduction

Tales of Seduction 13

Tales of Seduction 1

Tales of Seduction 14

Tales of Seduction 3

full series at > UNA GILDEA < artists homepage

Julius Klinger... Sodom...1909

Julius Klinger - illustration for Sodom or The Quintessence of Debauchery by John Wilmot. 1909

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Tadanori Yokoo...Sublime images part 2

Some of my favourite  images the wondrous work of Tadanori Yokoo illustration from Genka (“Illusory Flowers”), a historical novel by Harumi Setouchi.

PART 1

a nice link to Yokoos poster works at the wondrous A Journey Round My Skull

Jan Konupek (1883-1950)...

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