Gil Elvgren

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Gil Elvgren


Born
in St Pauls, Minnesota, The United States
March 15, 1914

Died
February 29, 1980

Genre
Art


Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Elvgren attended University High School and after graduation, he studied art at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts before moving to Chicago to study at the American Academy of Art. He graduated the Academy during the depression at the age of 22 and went into advertising.

Then he became strongly influenced by the early so-called 'pretty girl' illustrators, such as the legendary Charles Dana Gibson and others such as Andrew Loomis, and Howard Chandler Christy. In 1937 he began painting calendar pin-ups for Louis F. Dow, one of America's leading publishing companies and during World War II his work was reproduced on American aircraft.

He was so successful in the field, thus began his work on pin-ups, which continued
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Average rating: 4.37 · 627 ratings · 27 reviews · 27 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Complete Pin-Ups

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Elvgren: His Life & Art

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Elvgren Girls I

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Pin-Ups: Night and Day

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Elvgren Girls II

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Gil Elvgren pin-ups — 2012 ...

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Gil Elvgren pin-ups — 2013 ...

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Ultimate Coloring Classic P...

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Elvgren

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Classic Pinups 2002 Calendar

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