Becat, Paul Emile

(2/2/1885 Paris-1/23/1960 Paris) (France)

   Figure, portrait, and landscape painter, engraver, and illustrator. Studied with F. Flameng and G. Ferrier. Prolific illustrator of erotica, including a deck of female nudes playing cards for Editions Philibert, portfolio L'art d'aimer.

   Reproductions: [Baroque dressed musician entering a nude woman]; 1932; Thomas, 2008: fig. 785 . [Clothed man kneels before a partially clothed female figure], from an edition of Fanny Hill; 1935; lithograph; Dopp, 2004: p. 121 [C]. [Couple having sex]; 1932; Encyclopaedia, 2005: p. 239 [C]. [Couple in 69]; 1932; etching; Naomi, 1998: p. 135 [C] / Encyclopaedia, 2005: p. 228 [C]. [Couple in foreplay]; Encyclopaedia, 2005: pp. 238, 239 [C]. [Cunnilin-gus scene]; Encyclopaedia, 2005: p. 231 [C]. [Elegantly attired man about to enter a nude woman on a bed]; from an edition of Fanny Hill; litho; Dopp, 2004: p. 53 [C]. [Galante scenes of lovers, enemas, etc.]; Bilder-Lexikon vol. 3: pp. 104-105 . Illustration for An up-to-date young lady by Helene Varley; 1920s-1930s; Neret, 1994: pp. 620-625 [C]. [Group sex scene] from an edition of Fanny Hill; litho; Dopp, 2004: p. 53 [C]. [Homoerotic version of the Classical image of Paris and the three Graces]; 1938; Dopp, Erotic Fantasy: p. 57 [C]. Illustration for edition of Fanny Hill; 1930s; Haught, 1992: p. 50 [C]. [Lesbian cunnilingus scene]; 1948; Encyclopaedia, 2005: p. 272 [C]. [Lesbian fore-play scene]; 1948; Encyclopaedia, 2005: p. 273 [C]. [Lesbian sex scenes]; 1948; Dopp, 2003: pp. 50, 51 [C]. [Lovers in bed]; Grimley, 1973: fig. 140 [B]. [Man enters woman from behind]; c1930; etching; Naomi 1998: p. 116 [C]. [Man on chair has sex with a woman bestride him] from an edition of Fanny Hill; lithograph; Dopp, 2004: p. 120 [C]. [Nude lovers having sex]; Grimley, 1973: figs. 141, 142 [B]. [Nude lovers in bed], from an edition of Fanny Hill; 1935; lithograph; Dopp, 2004: pp. 120, 121 [C]. [Seated couple having sex discovered by man coming in the door]; 1935; Encyclopaedia, 2005: p. 238 [C]. Soldier in coitus with rural woman; c1930; etching; Naomi, 2000: p. 34 [C]. [Two women embracing]; c1930; etching; Naomi 1998: p. 116 [C]. [Three semi-nude men with prominent erections]; 1948; Encyclopaedia, 2005: p. 53 [C]. [Winged male figure having sex with woman]; 1932; Encyclopaedia, 2005: p. 228 [C]; Dopp, Erotic Fantasy: p. 182 [C]. [Woman and large pillow]; Grimley, 1973: fig. 143[B].

   [b]Source: Benezit, vol. 1: p. 1438.