Lossow, Heinrich

(3/10/1843 Munich-5/19/ 1897 Schleissheim) (Germany)

   aka Ferray

   Painter and printmaker known as a genre artist. The son and brother of artists, he trained at the Munich Academy. Working in a style reminiscent of the Rococo, his output included explicit hetero sex scenes, such as "The Sin," an image of a priest and a nun engaged in rear entry sex (c1880).

   Reproductions: [Clothed man fingers nude woman]; 1890; Encyclopaedia, 2005: p. 65 . [Clothed man fondles and fingers nude woman]; Thomas, 2008: fig. 786 [C]. Illustration to Triomphe de Cu-pidon (by Adolf Ackermann); late 19th century; Klinger, 1986: fig. 492-503 . Leda and the Swan; Melville, 1973: plate XVIII [C] / and Klin- ger, 1986: plate XVIII [C]. [Man enters woman from behind]; 1890; Encyclopaedia, 2005: p. 64 [C].

   [b]Source: Benezit, vol. 8: p. 1260; ThB XXIII 1929: p. 404.