… [Maurice] Millière began his art education in his home town but soon transferred to l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied portraiture, life drawing and figure painting in the atelier of Leon Bonnat, whose pupils included Toulouse-Lautrec and Raoul Dufy. He also studied at l’Ecole des Arts Decoratifs. His skill as a draughtsman translated quickly into success as a cartoonist and illustrator and his brilliant interpretation of the “Modern Parisienne” soon became known as the “Petite femme de Millière”. Skilfully using the technique of colour etching with drypoint, Millière created a modern woman who was coy, charming, independent and beautiful. Unconsciously erotic and quite adorable, his portrayals became known as “Femmes Poupées” (doll-women) and through them, he created the genre of boudoir art. …
Maurice Millière (1871-1946)
I had the illustration of the woman with the riding crop before discovering the other images.
Millière isn’t really a Femdom artist. But man bowing and kissing a woman’s hand is attractive.
I felt a bit nervous about displaying the image of a black servant fanning a woman.
Until I discovered this one of men adoring a black woman.
What do you think?
