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Mountain Side Carhop Pin-Up Girl
Artist: William Medcalf
This intriguing juxtaposition of classic pin-up art, mid-century futuristic car culture, and Western Americana combine to make this large, never before on the market oil on canvas by Bill Medcalf arguably the most desirable work ever offered by the Brown & Bigelow star illustrator. Commissioned for the Saint Paul Minnesota calendar company's "Kelly-Springfield's Celebrity Tires" account, this is an inspired take on dives and diner's culture as envisioned in a fantasy laden desert mirage, that must have turned eyes when it originally appeared as an advertising calendar in roadside garages and lunch counters along America's highways. 
Carhop Pin-Up at a Roadside Diner
Artist: William Medcalf
One of two recently unearthed and previously thought lost large original Brown & Bigelow pin-up oil paintings created for the iconic "Kelly-Springfield's Celebrity Tires" advertising campaign. A luminous and ethereal large masterwork by William Medcalf, dating to the late 1940s. For this assignment the artist created an inviting yet unlikely roadside mirage, featuring a classic and beautiful pin-up girl as an able diner carhop server alongside a modernist machine age concept car under a palm tree-laden majestic surround. The blend of familiar and fantasy is at play here and the art seems to hint at the ongoing cultural collision that was being evidenced as progress and industry advanced into ever increasing aspects of culture.
Bathing Beauty Startled by a Frog
Artist: William Medcalf
A large and well rendered oil painting by William Medcalf, likely created for The Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company. This dates from the 1940s to early 50s; an era of situationally challenged cheesecake themed entanglements. In this instance, a red head bathing beauty has been startled (or perhaps merely amused) by a green frog. William Medcalf was a leading and prolific illustrator who worked in a variety of styles. His surviving pin-up commissions are especially coveted and this is a fresh-to-the-market, masterful work.
Fishin' Fever
Artist: William Medcalf
A crisply rendered Americana themed original commissioned calendar art oil painting, created for a Brown & Bigelow series titled The American Road. Bill Medcalf was the calendar company's star artist and alongside Norman Rockwell created the enduring Americana view of the slow paced rural life. Through the years, Medcalf continued drawing the same boy, dog, and small town doctor, aging them slowly and gracefully. Calendars featuring the characters are included with sale.
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