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Pin-Ups: 2014 Calendar
The art of Gil Elvgren is displayed admirably in this eye-catching calendar that has space to jot down notes of important events at the bottom of each illustration..
Bibliographical note: There is another copy of this on goodreads but it is noted 'NOT A BOOK'- despite having an ISBN attached to it. That ISBN is 97883836546294, which is also on this copy.
Bibliographical note: There is another copy of this on goodreads but it is noted 'NOT A BOOK'- despite having an ISBN attached to it. That ISBN is 97883836546294, which is also on this copy.
52 pages, Paperback
First published October 15, 2013
About the author
Gil Elvgren
27 books8 followersBorn 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 until the 1970s. And he began to produce an annual calendar, which ran to a number of editions.
During the 1940s and 1950s he illustrated stories for many magazines, such as 'The Saturday Evening Post' and 'Good Housekeeping' and it is reputed that he produced over 500 paintings of beautiful girls and women through the 1950s to the 1970s.
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 until the 1970s. And he began to produce an annual calendar, which ran to a number of editions.
During the 1940s and 1950s he illustrated stories for many magazines, such as 'The Saturday Evening Post' and 'Good Housekeeping' and it is reputed that he produced over 500 paintings of beautiful girls and women through the 1950s to the 1970s.
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October 29, 2022
This is an eye-catching selection of Gil Elvgren's studies of pin-up girls done for one of his annual calendars. It is on a weekly basis so there are 52 portraits and each page has space at the foot of the dates for important notes that the owner may wish to make relating to the week in question.
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 until the 1970s. And he began to produce an annual calendar, of which this is one. He has his pin-ups in a variety of tasteful poses and in a variety of déshabillé poses all of which even Kenny Everett could help but describe as 'all done in the best possible taste'!
As a calendar, I would never use it because it would be a pity to spoil such excellent artwork with minor hand-written details.
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 until the 1970s. And he began to produce an annual calendar, of which this is one. He has his pin-ups in a variety of tasteful poses and in a variety of déshabillé poses all of which even Kenny Everett could help but describe as 'all done in the best possible taste'!
As a calendar, I would never use it because it would be a pity to spoil such excellent artwork with minor hand-written details.
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