Schlichter, Rudolf

(12/6/1890 Calw-5/3/1955 Munich) (Germany); aka pseudonym Retyl, Udor [for his erotica]

   Painter, lithographer, etcher, and author. Attended the Kunstgewerbeschule in Stuttgart and the Staatliche Akademie der bildenden Kunste in Karlsruhe. Said to be of a rebellious spirit, his work often addresses the subjects of depravity. At one time a Dadaist, he co-founded the Gruppe Rih and later in the 1920s was a founding member of the Rote Gruppe. He produced a considerable amount of erotica, especially femdom over men images.

   Reproductions: Bordello fantasy; early 1920s; Neret, 1994: p. 611 / Erotic drawings, 2004: p. 167 / Thomas, 2008: fig. 771 [C]. Domina Mea; 1927; watercolor; Neret 1993: p. 195 [C]. Free and easy; early 1920s; Neret, 1994: p. 610 [B]. Kaufliche liebe; aquarelle; Bilder-Lexikon vol. 4: [opposite] p. 799 [B]. Orgy at the bordello; 1920; Neret, 1994: p. 612 [B]. [Seated man with erection and two prostitutes]; 1920; Encyclopaedia, 2005: p. 136 [C]. Variations of love portfolio; c1920; Weiermair 1995: pp. 98-101 [B] / Dopp, 2000: p. 196 [C]. [Young girl lying on a bed exposes herself]; Nash, 1995: p. 18 [C].

   [b]Source: Benezit, vol. 12: pp. 648 -649; DoA vol. 28: p. 113; ThB XXX 1936: p. 109; Vollmer IV 1958: p. 192.