Pellar, Hanns

(3/17/1886 Vienna-1971 Vienna) (Austria / Germany)

   Painter, portraitist, and illustrator. Studied at the Graphische Lehr und Versuchanstalt in Vienna and at the Vienna Akademie under Horwarter and H. Lefler, later under Franz von Stuck in Munich. Known for his use of elegant, orientalist imagery, he produced a number works with sexual imagery including the erotic series "Flamingo in love."

   Reproductions: Flamingo in love portfolio; [10] etchings; 1923; Weiermair 1995: pp. 118-121. [Large turbaned man with woman on his lap]; Dopp, 2000: p. 207 . [Lesbian cunnilingus]; Dopp, 2000: p. 206 [C]; Dopp, Erotic Fantasy: p. 95 [C]. [Man suckling at woman's breast]; Dopp, 2000: p. 206 [C]. [Tiny turbaned man with large erection about to enter woman]; Dopp, 2000: p. 207 [C].

   Source: Benezit, vol. 10: p. 1097; ThB xxvi 1932: p. 357.