"Dialogue au Carmel," 1944
I had the pleasure of seeing "Dialogue" in person at the Guggenheim in NYC at the Two Private Eyes show in 1999. Thus began my love affair with Mr. Trouille's work. I'd seen a grainy reproduction of one of his paintings in Pete Tombs' must-read book "Immoral Tales," and this piece (along with two other Trouille works in the TPE show) sealed the deal. As lovely as they look here, the paintings are super-saturated and eye-catching in person.
"Reve claustral" 1952
It's not just a Bad Religion tshirt, people--it's a super-sexy painting, too! Of note--Trouille added the peeping nun and the blue nun's birthmarks at a later date, after the rest of the piece had been finished. A long-time admirer of Trouille, Jean Rollin featured this painting in his 2002 feature "Fiancee of Dracula" [which I really need to get round to writing up].
"Mon tombeau" 1947-1962
Now this, friends, is a proper post-mortem tribute. I expect a similar entombment upon my inevitable shuffle from this mortal coil.
"Mon tombeau" - detail
"La palais des marveilles" - detail
She's not a nun, but let's not allow prejudice to color our appreciation of fine Catholic-themed smut.
"Crucifixion" by Alastair, circa 1920s [?]
And because I'm in a sharing mood today, here's a non-Trouille bit of Church Gothicry from Alastair, an early 20th Century illustrator and heir to the Decadant tradition of Aubrey Beardsley.
Click here for larger-scale versions of the Trouille pieces on my Flickr account. You know you need to see the lurid delights of "Mon tombeau" in large scale--don't deny it.
18 comments:
Wow. I love these. Very cool and sexy. I love hot nuns. Maybe I should have been Catholic. I would love to have been a wayward soul that took solace at a convent.
Was "Reve claustral" the basis for your Capobianco piece?
Thanks for this, Kate! Now all I need is a good tattoo artist...
Rogue Spy--As a fellow non-Catholic, I can dig it. Although, much like women's prison, I understand convent life is significantly different from what's shown in dirty movies. Damn reality and its constant stream of disappointments.
Michael--indeed it was! For those just joining, here's a rather crap photo of my leg tattoo. The colors have been altered (the red, white and blue theme of the original being a bit much for me!), but otherwise, that's indeed the source material.
Vicar--as an avowed tattoo snob, I would be happy to weigh in on this decision. As you can see above, I heartily endorse this course of action! Just--let's not be tattoo twins. That would be weird. Or sexy... or weird... Jury's out on that one.
Wow, I am impressed! Thank you, Kate, for informing me of these. Now to begin acquiring them for my estate...
Yay for Clovis! but yes Kate, that is a seriously crap photo of your tattoo. Your tattoo is gorgeous. You simply need to drop your pants in front of me more often... just so we can get a better photo, of course!
~ your loyal drug czarina
and the word for the day is kclyzsfk.
It's my pleasure, Duke! Start saving up now, though--that red nun painting sold for 240,000 Euros in 2003. Which, in today's money, is about--what? Eight billion American dollars? ;)
"kclyzsfk"--Czech word for the naughty use of a butter-churn handle. :)
Flightless--one of the things I love so much about you is your selflessness. It's lovely having a lady like you around to lend a helping hand in All Matters Pantsless.
That tattoo has the awesome effect of making kate drop trou fairly often, everyone wins!
Well, we love you and want you to be pantsless! Happy. We want you to be happy.
(now off to eBay for butter-churn handles...)
>I expect a similar entombment upon my inevitable shuffle from this mortal coil.
Me too! In fact I simply can not wait to die now!
Karswell, there's got to be some way of enjoying the benefits of a bitchin' entombment without the down-side of not being alive to enjoy it. I'm going to keep you posted on my efforts to balance these seemingly contradictory factors.
Ladies--behave.
"The grave's a fine and private place,
But none I think do there embrace."
--John Donne
I know what you mean. I don't think that the reality of women in prison or a convent might be as much naughty fun as the movies make it out to be. That's a shame though. :-(
Wow the timing on this is perfect. I just found out that I got a role in an opera at school in the fall--I will be playing a nun! What should I wear under my habit, hmmmm?
Theresa, my dearest--are you sure you want to throw yourself to this voracious wolfpack that way? ;) However, if it is advice you seek, just look to the paintings, and you'll learn that thigh-high stockings and a bat-shaped g-string are a perfect combination!
porca madonna!
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