Did you know that this year Halloween fell at the new moon? What better reason to use the day to celebrate our new office, and welcome the newest member of our team, Ali. Somehow with only four people, we managed to squeeze in an entire century’s worth of looks (a fitting metaphor for any day’s […]
We are thrilled to announce the discovery of several original pin up paintings from the Louis F. Dow calendar company of Saint Paul, Minnesota, never before offered to the public. “A Hitch in Time,” “High and Dry,” and “Foil Proof” from Gil Elvgren and Charles Showalter are unparalleled examples of original early 1940s calendar art, […]
Things are getting spooky around here as we approach Halloween. Between the last harvest and Halloween combining in the sky we’re getting the best of plenty and horror. It’s pumpkin carving season, and we’re sharpening our knives to make our very own Grapefruit Moon. But then it’s back to thinking about costumes. Current Halloween eve […]
An allegorical angelic scene by noted American fine artist, muralist, and illustrator Charles Allen Winter titled “Liberty Unchained.” Our research leads us to believe this was an interior magazine illustration for Cosmopolitan, which ran a series of spiritually relevant writings by Roycroft founder and early twentieth century philosopher Elbert Hubbard under the title “Little Sermons”–all illustrated by Winter. Several of Winter’s “Sermons” paintings were then reproduced in Hubbard’s own publication “The Fra.” From the estate of Charles Martignette, the sadly departed author of the “The Great American Pin-Up.”
Artist: Charles Winter
Grapefruit Moon has arrived at Comic-Con San Diego! For the first time, the gallery will be joining in at this international appreciation of all things comic, pop-culture, and just wacky. We’ve already been lucky enough to meet some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Storm Troopers, and at least a dozen of our customers who we previously […]
Grapefruit Moon Gallery is proud to announce one of our pieces of original art from the Golden Age has been included in an exhibition focusing on the legendary and mysterious Cleopatra, titled “Cleopatra The Eternal Diva,” which just opened at the Bundeskunsthalle in Germany. Henry Clive’s incredible art deco take on the incandescent and regal […]
Nothing says summer like the road trip, and no period captured the blacktop like 1970s counterculture film. From “Easy Rider” to “Hells Angels,” we’ve got your motor running. As the summer of love ended, a fascinating transition from Old Hollywood to ‘New Hollywood’ brought with it a new preoccupation with and depictions of the working […]
A very large, bright and breathtaking nude pin-up created by Rolf Armstrong in 1939-40. Possibly deemed too risque for publication, this provocative work features a sensational rich cobalt blue and crimson red color palette. A wonderful candlelight view of a divine glamour girl seen scandalously nude through her crinoline wrap. This monumental pastel is one of only a handful of nudes by this iconic and prolific American illustrator and The Father of American Pin-up.
Artist: Rolf Armstrong
Heinrich Kley is best remembered today for satirical, despairing, and often obscene images which demonstrate a maniacal distrust of the industrial revolution and its automatized society. But not only did he express the disillusionment of modernity through drawings, his imaginative works played a large role in the career of Walt Disney, arguably America’s greatest animator. […]
Spring has sprung, and young grads across the country are getting ready to set off on their next adventures but here at Grapefruit Moon we are battling a cosmic deluge, brollies required. If only we could jet off on a Grand Tour and leave the damp behind. Oh well, guess we will satisfy our desires […]
