Before there was Tom of Finland, the Finnish artist whose steamy work moved from his private sketchbooks to national postage stamps, there was George Quaintance, an American artist born at the beginning of the 20th Century whose depictions of muscular men set the tone for homoerotic illustration for years to come. His illustrations are fabulously, overtly camp: flamboyantly made-up hairless Adonises, shining of skin and rippling of muscle pose with horses and fend off wild animals clad only in loincloths or faded jeans. George’s drawings scream of joy, sex and testosterone, hinting at mens’ health magazines and the Calvin Klein ads that would follow 50 years after their publication.
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