Schmeling (Bill) Drawings, undated

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Scope and content:: The collection consists of 12 original ink drawings by Bill Schmeling, aka "The Hun." According to the Leather Archives & Museum website, Schmeling is "a Portland, Oregon based, homoerotic, homomasculine fetish artist active in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. The Hun as a pseudonym personifies the intense subject matter of his work, which focuses on scenes involving hyper-masculine muscular characteristics, sadomasochism, prison rape and brutality, scatology, leather and uniform fetishes, police and military settings, and other scenes of extreme gay sexuality." The site goes on to say that "Hun's works occupy a unique place among gay erotic artists. He has spearheaded a more intense style of artwork that captures scenes and fantasies often avoided by other artists, such as Tom of Finland, as well as emphasizes a uniquely grotesque style involving oversized body parts, excess body fluids, and other features on a hyper-sexual scale." GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001236; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000268; http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D001154; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_003450
Acquisition information:: Gift of Robert Fong, executor of the Estate of Gordon T. Salter, on November 10, 2006.

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by GLBT Historical Society staff.
Date Prepared:: undated
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research. Mailing lists and other records holding the names, addresses, and/or phone numbers of individuals will be restricted for 20 years. The erotica in this collection may only be viewed by researchers age eighteen and over and it is made available for educational and research purposes.

Location of this collection:: GLBT Historical Society

989 Market Street, Lower Level

San Francisco, CA 94103, US