The Art of Quaintance

Quaintance was an artist and photographer who made intricate gay oil paintings and pastel drawings, often from photos he’d taken of models like Zaro Rossi. His slightly feminine, almost oiled looking figures were integral to the development of the image of the late 40s-early 50s gay man.

Author: Robert Kurtz

Original owner of the Collectors Realm 3 store in Berkeley who scanned a lot of porn

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