Edelheit, Martha Nilsson

(1931 New York City- ) (USA / Sweden)

   Painter and art teacher based in Stockholm. Studied at the University of Chicago, Columbia University, and New York University. Her work almost exclusively focuses on the human figure.

   Reproductions: Albino Queen and Snow White Dream of Battle; watercolor and ink; Smith, 1974: pp. 192-193 . Dx2; Holder, 1973: p. 15 [B]. David; Erotic, 1974: p. 15 [B]. Female flesh wall; 19641965; oil; Smith, 1980: p. 66 [C]. Fleshcycle; Holder, 1973: p. 14 [B]. High bridge; Erotic, 1974: p. 11 [B]. King Wladyslaw Jagiello, Central Park; Erotic, 1974: p. 12 [B]. Lake Atitlan; Erotic, 1974: p. 13 [B]. NX3; 1970; Alloway, 1976: p. 71 [B]. Study [female genitalia]; Erotic, 1974: p. 14 [B]. Edelmann, Charles Auguste (1879 Soultz-sous-Foret-1950) (France)

   Illustrator. Studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris under Gerome and Humbert. Best known for depicting life in Paris during the Jazz Age of the 1920s. He also illustrated a number of erotic books with hetero and lesbian sex scenes.