Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
Risqué and fetching maidens have always been popular artistic subjects and the perfect vehicle to advertise just about any product, add allure to any magazine, or brighten any calendar. In the 1930s, Rolf Armstrong and Billy Devorss’s Art Deco sophisticates were everyone’s dream girl. During World War II, George Petty and Alberto Vargas created patriotic lithe modernist heartbreakers for the pages of Esquire Magazine to keep servicemen company, and soon there was a calendar girl for every taste--whether you preferred the girl next door or the one from the wrong side of the tracks. In post-war America, the youthful spirit personified by Earl Moran’s cheesecake depictions of Marilyn Monroe reigned, and pin up and glamour art remained unflaggingly popular. Today, original pin up and glamour art is more coveted by collectors than ever, and its influence on contemporary fashion, art, and culture is everywhere.
In the Spotlight by Edward D’Ancona This is a recently discovered and rare surviving published pin-up calendar painting by the prolific illustrator Edward D’Ancona. This was originally published with the title “In the Spotlight” by The Louis F. Dow Calendar Company of St. Paul, Minnesota. Grapefruit Moon Gallery just unearthed a collection of new-to-the-market pin-up […]
Artist: Edward D'Ancona
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Artist: Edward D'Ancona
American Magazine cover art by Earl Christy This is a lovely pastel illustration by American artist and illustrator Earl Christy. Showing a delicate flapper beauty holding wispy flowers to her breast in classic romantic fashion, this was used as cover art for The American Magazine, May 1923. A complete issue of the magazine is included in […]
Artist: Earl Christy
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Artist: Frederick Duncan
Global Glamour – Typical Beauties on All Our War Fronts A fine surviving cover illustration painting by Henry Clive for the August 27, 1944 edition of “The American Weekly”, a Randolph Hearst publication. Clive enjoyed a three decade long association with this title, he often created serialized successive monthly covers of female heroines throughout history. […]
Artist: Henry Clive
Beer girl by Jules Erbit This is an original pastel illustration by Hungarian-American artist and illustrator Jules Erbit. Known for his calendar art and female figure illustrations, this is a classic portrait from the artist dating to the height of his career. In this portrait a stylish sloe-eyed brunette casually holds up a pilsner of […]
Artist: Jules Erbit
Blonde Beer Girl by Jules Erbit This is an original pastel illustration by Hungarian-American artist and illustrator Jules Erbit. Known for his calendar art and female figure illustrations, this is a classic portrait from the artist dating to the height of his career. A stylish blonde looks back over her shoulder and gives a flirtatious […]
Artist: Jules Erbit
Princess Pat Cosmetics Advertisement by Earl Christy This is an exquisite, well-preserved pastel illustration by American artist and illustrator Earl Christy. A dramatic Art Deco portrait, this pastel features a rosy-cheeked, fair skinned flapper beauty posed against a black background with her raven hair glistening and her tantalizingly exposed décolletage adorned with a strand of […]
Artist: Earl Christy
A playful pirate pin-up girl by R. A. Fox This is a fantastic, original oil on canvas painting by Canadian-American artist and illustrator Robert Atkinson Fox. A playful example from the pin-up genre, this painting features a pirate girl with a sword in hand while she triumphantly sits on top of her chest full of […]
Artist: Robert Atkinson Fox
The Old Oaken Bucket – Original Calendar Art by Gene Pressler This beautifully well-preserved pastel painting is by American artist and illustrator Gene Pressler. With a rich color palette and Pressler’s signature glow, this pastel features a rosy-cheeked country girl stopping at a well to quench her thirst from a bucket of water. Her bound […]
Artist: Gene Pressler
