In her praise

1st February 2026

One of Aristide Maillol’s early commissions, in 1939, was to illustrate Paul Verlaine’s Chansons pour Elle, poems about women, passion and desire. His spare, stylish woodcuts are a perfect complement to Verlaine, and you can see them all now by clicking here.

O yes or O no?

30th January 2026

The Story of O includes multiple scenes of bondage, domination and sexual exploitation – yet it was written by a woman, and is now illustrated by another, today’s new artist Natalie Frank. Porn fantasy or liberatory choice? You decide about O by clicking here for the artist and here for the portfolio.

Toujours amours

28th January 2026

André Dignimont is one of our favourite illustrators. and today we bring you one of his last commissions, for Paul Léautaud’s candid autobiography of youthful Parisian love in the early 1900s. See all the images from Amours now by clicking here.

Can we have some more please …

26th January 2026

Many thanks to the 23 followers who have generously boosted the 700 Artists Appeal to £536, but nothing more has appeared for the last couple of days. Unlike so many sites, honesterotica is and always will be free, but our costs increase every year, and though we love you very much our pockets are not deep! So this is a final request to help us reach the £700 target. Donations, however small (or large!) by PayPal to info@honesterotica.com, for full details click here.

27th January update   Another £78 from five lovely followers in the last day, so only £80 to go to reach the £700 target and the prize draw. Don’t take us for granted, donate now …

(painting showing appropriate anguish is Eugène Delacroix, The Death of Sardanapalus, 1827)

Everyday life and love

25th January 2026

Today we bring you the acerbic erotic wit of the young Russian artist Sasha Neschastnova, with her wry observations on love, human relationships, social dynamics, and everyday contradictions. Her work can be found here, and don’t forget to click on each individual portfolio heading! Lots to enjoy.

Les amies …

21st January 2026

Today’s new artist, the Parisian Henri Farge, only ever produced one erotic portfolio, in 1921 for Verlaine’s sonnets in praise of lesbian love Les amies. They leave us wishing he had received more similar commissions. See Farge’s work now by clicking here.

Real women

17th January 2026

Today’s new artist is Suzanne Valadon, who learned how to draw and paint as a model, friend, and sometimes lover of Renoir, Morisot, Toulouse-Lautrec and Degas. With her humble origins she felt free to show her naked women as unposed, free and natural – a remarkable pioneer. See her work now by clicking here.

Unknown Warhol

14th January 2026

Our 701st new artist, Andy Warhol, might need no introduction, but you’ll be intrigued by his lesser known erotic work – ‘Love is a Pink Cake’, ‘At the Bottom of my Garden’, and many early homoerotic drawings. You can find them all by clicking here.

Our new 700 Artists Appeal

10th January 2026

It seems only yesterday that we were celebrating having reached 600 artists (it was actually just over a year ago), but here we are at 700 and counting! When we started this project seven years ago we could not have imagined that the world could possibly contain so much high-quality erotic artwork… read more

An added bonus (for those who haven’t discovered it yet!)

9th January 2026

We’ve realised recently that a lot of people are enjoying the website but missing out on one of its most useful and interesting features. Not only does every one of our 700 artists include a full biography with links to resources and websites as appropriate, but so does every portfolio.
 

The… read more