Pin-up & Glamour Art

A Word With Polly
Artist:Al Brule
Date:1950s
Medium:Oil on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 27" by 18 1/2" framed 24 1/2" by 29 3/4"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Calendar Art for The Shaw-Barton Calendar Company
Price:$3500.00

Above: Full view of oil on illustration board

Above: The artist's signature


A 1950s painting by Al Brule created on commission for the Shaw-Barton Calendar Company; scene features a modern formally attired heartbreaker with her colorful parrot as was often the scene. Included in sale is a vintage calendar print of this work, titled "A Word With Polly".

Brule was a Chicago area illustrator whose style closely resembled Haddon Sundblom and his circle of Chicago artists.

Above: Detail

Above: Verso view

Above: Framed in simple gold wood frame



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