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Classic Pin Ups

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Pin up paintings of the classical era by famous artists like Alberto Vargas, Edward Runci, Gil Elvgren, Peter, Driben, Billy De Vorss, Enoch Bolles, Rolf Armstrong, Joyce Ballantyne, Fritz Willis, Harry Ekman and many others.

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  • No Parking

    Posted on Sunday December 20th, 2009 at 05:18 in earl moran

    Maybe one of the best known paintings by Earl Moran (1893-1984), who started with advertising illustrations, worked then for magazines and became later one of the greatest pin up artists.Title: As A Traffic Cop I'd Have No Trouble Keeping You In Line...

  • Pin Up Roots

    Posted on Friday December 11th, 2009 at 11:55 in raphael kirchner

    Some of the first pin ups were the so called "Kirchner Girls" by the Austrian-born artist Raphael Kirchner (1876-1917).The swing (1914)On rugKirchner still belonged to the Art Nouveau movement from the turn of the century. In the USA he became famous...

  • Pocahontas

    Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 07:51 in k. o. munson

    Pocahontas as a pin up by the Norwegian-born painter Knute (K. O.) Munson (1900-1967).What colours!...

  • Art Deco Ladies

    Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 03:40 in billy devorss

    Two typical cool Art Deco ladies by Billy De Vorss. To my mind it was the heyday of pin up art.Provacative Beauty (1937)...

  • Magazine Covers

    Posted on Saturday November 14th, 2009 at 07:13 in peter driben

    Two magazine covers by Peter Driben. They illustrate the daily work of the artists.Silk stocking 1938Flirt 1952Moreover are showing these two examples the stylistic change between Art Deco of the Thirties and the Fifties....

  • British Pin Ups

    Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 05:08 in david wright

    Two unusual pin ups by the British artist David Wright (1912-1967). Wright was one of the few non-American pin up painters and developed during World War II his own unique style.Golden Girl...

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